CONSENT SEARCHES AND SEIZURES IN EENVIRONMENT AND THE CONSEQENCES OF COVERTLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE UNDER CAMEROONIAN LAW
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Consent, electronic, CameroonAbstract
Given the huge amount of information stored on computers and archived in documentary records, the potential for governmental abuse is deeply troubling. This article evaluates Consent electronic searches and seizures under the Cameroonian law and the consequences of covertly gathered evidence . Information gathered from books, journals, and internet, together with consultation and observations on the subject reveal that advances in technology and the use of lengthy, legalistic privacy policies have too often served to make consent nothing more than illusory. Given that reasonable consent is an essential element for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information,. this article proposes consent should remain central, but flexible to breathe life into the conventional ways in which consent is obtained under Cameroon’s Conventional laws. The alternative standard of macro reasonableness for consensual searches is going to balance the interests of law enforcement against individual liberty and privacy . The article provides a blueprint for a workable, comprehensive mechanism for consent search and seizures in the digital environment.
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