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Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine some of the more controversial information gathering procedures of OSINT (open source intelligence) from a criminal law perspective.
Methodology: The study is based on the parallel application of several research methods. Primarily, the tool system of theoretical-logical research was applied, by processing the results of several disciplines, in addition to analysing and comparing different approaches, as well as comparing them with experiences gained in practice.
Findings: The author comes to the conclusion that some information-gathering procedures of OSINT can cross the line without legal authorization, when the behaviour becomes appreciable even for criminal law. Some of these behaviours are a controversial procedural element in the life of the OSINT community, but the author also analyses behaviours that may also have criminal law relevance when collecting personal data.
Value: By studying some factual elements of the Hungarian criminal law, it shows ways of committing crimes that can be the basis for the criminal classification of information gathering.
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