Acceso y registro de dispositivos electrónicos e investigaciones internas en la empresa

The Faculty of Law at UIC Barcelona and Rödl & Partner are organising, as part of the Master’s Degree in Cybercrime and the Postgraduate Degree in Compliance and Cybersecurity, a seminar entitled: “Access to and registration of electronic devices and internal corporate investigations”.

This event will explore practical issues of great importance with regards to the use of Information and Communication Technologies (TICs) in internal corporate investigations and the implementation of compliance systems.

The weight of digital evidence in criminal proceedings continues to grow at a time in which the digitalisation of communications and information has spread to all areas of business and permeated the lives of the people who interact with them. In this context, there are a series of questions surrounding the collection and validity of evidence that are yet to be answered.

This seminar will analyse the extent to which Spanish Supreme Court judgement no. 489/2018, of 23 July, has brought clarity to a legal debate marked by confusion and disparate criteria.

The event is intended for students from the Master’s Degree in Cybercrime, lawyers, compliance officers and anyone interested in the subject.

4 p.m. Accreditation

4.15 p.m. Opening address by Pilar Fernández, dean of the Faculty of Law; Joaquín Echavarri, partner at Rödl & Partner; and José R. Agustina, director of the University Master’s Degree in Cybercrime.

4.30 to 5.10 p.m. Inaugural lecture: “Problematic questions in internal corporate investigations: Fundamental rights and judicial guarantees in collecting digital evidence”, by Eloy Velasco, magistrate in the National Court of Spain and president of the Advisory Council for the University Master’s Degree in Cybercrime.

5.10 to 6 p.m. Round table: “Legal constraints on access to electronic devices in light of the Bărbulescu case and Supreme Court case law”.

Moderated by: Joaquín Echevarri, partner at Rödl & Partner, and Rodolfo Tesone, president of ENATIC.

Participants will include:

Mariona Valls, labour lawyer at Rödl & Partner

M. Alejandra Vargas, criminal lawyer and coordinator of the Postgraduate Degree in Compliance and Cybersecurity

Jorge Navarro, criminal lawyer at Molins & Silva - Defensa Penal

Question time

6.15 p.m. Coffee break

6.45 to 7.45 p.m. Round table: “Practical keys to accessing and registering electronic devices and finding, collecting and preserving digital evidence”

Moderated by: Raquel Montaner, lecturer in Criminal Law at the UPF and co-director of the Postgraduate Degree in Compliance and Cybersecurity at UIC Barcelona

Participants will include:

Abraham Pasamar, CEO and CTO at Incide

Patricia Ayala, litigator at Rödl & Partner

Ricardo Lechuga, director of Human Resources for Damm

Question time

8 p.m. Closing address by Francisco Pérez, secretary-general for the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)