Jacob, a cybercrime investigator, joined a forensics team to participate in a criminal case involving...

Jacob, a cybercrime investigator, joined a forensics team to participate in a criminal case involving digital evidence. After the investigator collected all the evidence and presents it to the court, the judge dropped the case and the defense attorney pressed charges against Jacob and the rest of the forensics team for unlawful search and seizure. What forensics privacy issue was not addressed prior to collecting the evidence?