Judges are granting permission for lawyers to go through Facebook and Twitter accounts looking for evidence that ex-spouses are hiding wealth due to the vast amounts of personal data that are stored on the sites. Fraud and asset recovery specialist Steven Philippsohn revealed that lawyers can apply for court orders for disclosure of private information without the person in question being told. Court orders such as this supersede normal privacy laws when there is a suspicion of fraud. Social media has already proved to be the undoing of a number of defendants in criminal trials.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:44:29 +0000
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