Digital Violence and Cyberstalking: Securing Evidence and Legal Countermeasures

Expert Lecture for Counseling Centers and Legal Professionals

Digital violence is invisible, but its consequences are real. Stalkerware on a cell phone, secret tracking via AirTags, or humiliation through revenge porn—the threats are diverse, and presenting evidence is complex. For counselors and legal professionals, it is crucial to understand the digital tactics and know how to take effective legal action against them.

This expert lecture provides you with the tools to competently support those affected and to document digital attacks in a way that is admissible in court.

Lecture Content:

• Stalkerware and Spy Apps: Recognizing, documenting, and removing surveillance software.
• Location Services and AirTags: How perpetrators misuse location data and how you can secure digital evidence.
• Revenge Porn and Image-Based Abuse: Strategies for deleting content and taking legal action against perpetrators.
• Securing Evidence in Practice: Specific instructions for creating screenshots, timestamps, and digital logs.

The Core Objective: Obtaining Protection Orders

We will show you step-by-step how to turn digital traces into solid evidence. Learn how to file applications under the Protection Against Violence Act that also include digital contact and restraining orders, and how to successfully enforce them in court.

Who is this lecture for?

This lecture is aimed at all professionals who work with victims of domestic and digital violence, especially:

• Staff from counseling centers and women's shelters
• Lawyers
• Judges
• Social workers
• Police and justice system employees