Illegal-Interception Evidence Preservation Record

PROBLEM: An illegal interception leaves two problems: the interception itself, and the evidence of it. Florida Statute § 934.06 bars the contents of an illegally intercepted communication — and any evidence derived from it — from any court proceeding, including trial, hearing, or grand jury. The federal Wiretap Act gives the victim a civil action (§ 2520) for the greater of actual damages plus the violator's profits, or $10,000 in statutory damages. But both remedies depend on evidence that survives: the interception logs, the disclosure chain, the device records, the timestamps. A victim who cannot preserve the evidence cannot use either remedy — and the evidence of an interception is the easiest thing for an interceptor to erase.

SOLUTION: An illegal-interception evidence preservation record: every suspected interception logged with its indicators, its preservation steps, its chain of custody, and the remedies it supports — so the evidence of an interception survives long enough for the law to use it.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — Fla. Stat. § 934.06 (exclusion of illegally intercepted contents and derived evidence); § 934.10 (private right of action); 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (civil action, $100/day or $10,000 statutory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees); § 2511(4)(a) (up to 5 years). Sources: Florida Senate statute text; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510–2522.