OT: legal obligations

[Tyler Aviss]

Not sure about the specifics of this province, but:

http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/childafs.html

"Most provincial and territorial child welfare laws require those
(including professionals and members of the public) who suspect that a
child is being maltreated to make a report to the appropriate child
welfare authority."

I'm not sure how it specifically applies to the images, as they may or
may not indicate that the owner of the machine in question is actually
engaged in abuse. If in doubt, I suppose you would have to reference
the province's laws if you can find them, or contact a professional.


Regards,



TJA

p.s. I'm not a lawyer, and the above is not legal advice.



On Jan 16, 2008 1:42 PM, John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Folk,
>          I repair PCs for a living and since most members of the public
> think that a back up is something you do when you put a car in reverse,
> this often entails digging through an old hard drive trying to recover
> files. I was doing just that on the weekend when news of the recent
> arrests for child porn activities were announced. This got me to
> wondering what my, and other computer techs', obligations are if we find
> illegal content when doing a similar search? Thoughts?
>
> John
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