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ACPO Good Practice Guide for Digital Evidence (Version 5)

ACPO Good Practice Guide for Digital Evidence (Version 5)

ACPO Good Practice Guide for Digital Evidence (Version 5)

Status: Live
Published: 01/03/2012
Security level: Official
Amended / Internally developed: No
Live on platform: 23/05/21
Retired on platform:
Target Audience: Technical / General, Police Officer
Authoring body: Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)
Grading: no grading applied
Guidance
Abstract

This ACPO guide contains a set of golden principles for management of digital evidence and guidance on each stage in the evidence lifecycle: Plan, Capture, Analyse and Present. This guide represents good practice across a broad digital forensic landscape for policing.

Although dated, this guide has been reviewed in March 2021 by the National Standards Assurance Board and deemed current and relevant.

Category: Digital Media Forensics