Volume III

Issue : 11: June 2, 2005

• Task Force on Spam Releases Anti-Spam Action Plan
• Best Buy Canada Sued for V-Chip Patent Infringement
• Court Finds Encryption Software May Be Evidence of Criminal Intent
• U.S. States Contemplate How To Regulate eBay Trading Assistants
• Privacy Commissioner to Audit Data Flow Between Canada and the U.S.
• Report Shows Most Employers Monitor Employees Electronically
• Federal Court of Appeal Enunciates Test for ISP Disclosure of Users Identity

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Court Finds Encryption Software May Be Evidence of Criminal Intent

Ari David Levie was convicted of two counts of attempting to use a child in a sexual performance and two counts of soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct. On appeal, he argued that the judge should not have admitted evidence that encryption software was installed on his computer.

The Minnesota appeals court disagreed, ruling that evidence of the existence of an encryption program was relevant to the prosecution's argument that there was criminal intent on the part of the accused.

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