Maria Angela Biasiotti is a Research Director at IGSG-CNR. She has a degree in Law (1999) and a PhD in Information Technologies and Law (2008) from the Faculty of Law, Bologna University. In 2001, she started working at the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques (CNR-ITTIG, now CNR-IGSG). In March 2014, she coordinated the EVIDENCE Project (European Informatics Data Exchange Framework for Court). In March 2018, she coordinated the EVIDENCE2e-Codex Project (Linking EVIDENCE into e-CODEX for EIO and MLA procedures in Europe). Since April 2020 she has coordinated the TREIO Project (Training on EIO). She combines a solid practical experience in law, she has practised as a lawyer in public law, administrative law and EC law for an Italian leading law firm) with a broad knowledge in ICT and law. Her main research areas involving legal informatics, computer law, legal information modelling and accessing, and legal information documentation management and dissemination, computer law, digital evidence, data protection. She is the author of many scientific works and contributions presented at international conferences. She organised conferences, workshops and summer schools in her domain of research and activity.

Illustrates the legal tools for cross-border cooperation

Describes the technical tools for the evidence exchange

Shows the cutting-edge standard for digital forensic data

Introduction: Setting the Scene on EIO and the Interaction between Law and Technology.- EU Legislation on EIO and Its Implementation in the Member States.- EU Initiatives on the Implementation of the EIO.- The Challenging Path towards the Establishment of the EU Legal Framework Regulating Cross-border Access to Digital Evidence.- Evidence Exchange under the EIO: Technological Challenges.- e-CODEX: A Secure Infra-structure for Cross-border Cooperation.- e-Evidence Digital Exchange System (eEDES).- Evidence Exchange Standard Package: An Application CASE Ontology Complied for the Preparation of the Evidence Package and Its Exchange.- Legal Framework for Digital Evidence Following the Implementation of the EIO Directive: Status Quo, Challenges and Experiences in Member States.- Data Protection and European Investigation Orders.- Different Perspectives on EIO.- Training on EIO: Overview of Training Courses in the EU.- Training on EIO: TREIO Project.