Can the police get a warrant for my IP address and my computer history if I didn’t brake any laws?
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Can the police get a warrant for my IP address and my computer history if I didn’t brake any laws?
There is this girl who is 15 years old. I took her pictures, none of them are nude, all of them have clothes on. I sent them to people I met online. Well it turns out somehow the cops found out, probably because one of them might have been a cop. They told the family of the girl I was doing this to, then her family went to my family to make them aware of this. The police told the girl’s family that I wasn’t doing anything illegal but it’s in the gray area. Can they legal get my info and prove it was me, if I don’t do anything illegal?
Asked on June 6, 2012 under Criminal Law, Arizona
Answers:
Kevin Bessant / Law Office of Kevin Bessant & Associates
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
The police can obtain a search warrant for your IP address and even your computer from a judge or magistrate if they have probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and that you committed the crime based upon your conduct or actions. If they truly believe that you have not committed a crime, then I seriously doubt that they will go through the trouble of having a warrant issued, but this could change if the family or the girl wishes for you to be prosecuted in this matter.
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