DIGITAL INFORMATION AS PROOF IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

In the 21st century, the century of information technology, we are surrounded by many devices that have various functions for interacting with digital information, which is fundamentally different from analog information. Digital information can be created, stored, received and transmitted by electronic computers in binary computing system through encoding, which opens up new avenues for crimes. For example, in the Republic of Kazakhstan there is an increase in the number of crimes committed with the use of computer technology and technical means. These features of digital information require law enforcement agencies to adapt to the requirements of the time. This article provides a comparative analysis of the opinions of domestic and foreign authors on the use of digital information as evidence in criminal proceedings. In addition, the possibility of using digital information instead of computer information is considered. The author, discussing the basis of digital information and its features, came to the conclusion that it is necessary to include it in the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.