ADMISSIBILITY AND EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Danes ljudje digitalne sledove in elektronske dokaze puščamo skoraj vsepovsod, ne da bi se tega zavedali. Puščamo jih pri opravljanju vsakdanjih opravil, kot je npr. brskanje po internetu, prebiranje elektronske pošte, plačevanje kupljenega blaga z bančnimi karticami, elektronsko bančništvo itd. V današnjem svetu hitrega razvoja sodobne tehnologije postaja elektronski dokaz vse pomembnejši in pogosto tudi edini dokaz za dokazovanje kriminalitete v zvezi z računalniki, ki z razvojem sodobne tehnologije vse bolj narašča. Ker digitalne sledi in elektronski dokazi v svetu obstajajo v nam nerazumljivem računalniškem jeziku, jih je za to, da bi lahko postali dokazno sredstvo v sodnih postopkih, potrebno "prevesti" v razumljiv jezik. To pa je naloga digitalne forenzike, ki postaja vedno pomembnejše orodje pri odkrivanju in analiziranju kriminalitete v zvezi z računalniki. Elektronski dokazi so sicer pravno izenačeni s klasičnimi dokazi, vendar imajo nekatere tehnične značilnosti, ki kljub pravnemu enačenju s klasičnimi dokazi zahtevajo drugačen pristop pri ocenjevanju in vrednotenju pravne dopustnosti in dokazne vrednosti. Da bi torej elektronski dokazi bili dopustni na sodišču, mora policija z njimi pri zbiranju, preiskovanju in analiziranju ravnati izredno pazljivo, sodišča pa morajo za pravilno oceno njihove dokazne vrednosti poznati temeljne postopke in pravila za pridobivanje teh dokazov.People today leave digital traces and electronic evidence almost everywhere, without being aware of this. We leave them by performing everyday tasks, such as web browsing, reading e-mail, payment of goods purchased with debit cards, online banking etc. In today\u27s world of fast development of modern technology electronic evidence is becoming more important and often the only evidence to prove high-tech crime in connection with computers. This is namely growing with the development of modern technology. Because digital traces and electronic evidence in the world exist in to us unintelligible computer language, they need to be "translated" in understandable language so they can become evidence in legal proceedings. This is the job for digital forensics, that is becoming more and more important tool in detecting and analyzing high-tech crime in connection with computers. Electronic evidence are otherwise legally equated with classical evidence, but they have some technical characteristics that despite the legal equating with classical evidence require a different approach in assessing and evaluating the legal admissibility and evidential value. For the admissibility of electronic evidence in court the police must handle with them with extreme care when collecting, investigating and analyzing themand courts must have knowledge of basic procedures and rules for obtaining such evidence to properly assess their evidential value