Interception of electronic communications in the Czech Republicand Slovakia

The book is concerned with a legal regulation of interception of electronic communications in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. There are analysed legal instruments embodied within the framework of enforceable law which can be used by police for the sake of criminal investigation and other specialised tasks arising from the Act No. 273/2008 Sb., on Police of the Czech Republic, or by intelligence agencies during fulfilling of their duties. Consequently, in seven chapters, there is described and analysed a structure of legal regulation of interception of electronic communications, constitutional safeguards, access authorization of relevant public agencies, and possibilities of use of the interceptions in court proceedings. Analysis of Slovak legal regulation is present in the form of the eighth comparative chapter. The book is also concerned with collection and retention of operational and localisation data, access to them and their use in court proceedings.