정보저장매체 등의 압수·수색에서 참여권

The search and seizure procedure on information storage device or electronic information by investigative agency is prone to a controversy of the exclusionary rule of the illegally obtained evidence. It is because electronic information unrelated to corresponding incident can also become the subject of search seizure according to the characteristics of electronic information. The regulation on the participation right in search and seizure procedure has more important significance in the search and seizure procedure of information storage device compared to the search and seizure procedure of general items. In regards to the participation right in the search and seizure procedure of information storage device, comprehensive search action is also suppresses at the initial search and seizure site and the investigative agency office. In addition, it maintains reasonable procedures during search and seizure procedure by protecting the property rights and information rights of those subject to seizure. In the discussions of participation right in the search and seizure procedure of information storage device, reasonable interpretation is required regarding the issue related to the completion time of search and seizure and the correlation issue of the analysis action and relevance of investigative agency. In addition, issue of prior notification of participation right regarding those subject to seizure and issue of abuse of participation right in analysis action also need to be reasonably resolved. In regards to reasonable assurance measures of participation right in the search and seizure procedure of information storage device, it is necessary to separately review the participation right during the site search and seizure procedure (location 1) and the participation right at a location (location 2) to where information storage device or replicated/printed electronic information is moved for analysis. It would be necessary to review participation right by separating in four steps from location 1 to location 2. It would be reasonable to review participation right by dividing into four steps, namely the step of moving information storage device or replicated/printed electronic information from a location where information storage device was initially placed to investigative agency office or digital forensic center for unsealing (step 1); the step of unsealing information storage device in the presence of involved parties (step 2); the step of searching and printing electronic information related to corresponding incident and resealing original text (step 3); and the step of analyzing printed electronic information (step 4). Accordingly, it would be required to guarantee participation right in steps 1-3 but it would be fine to not recognize participation right in step 4 in which analytical procedure is conducted after printing information related to corresponding incident. During this procedure, it should be prohibited to analyze electronic information unrelated to corresponding incident. For the purpose of guaranteeing participation right, it would be necessary to stipulate regulations on participation right during the search and seizure procedure of information storage device.