Digital information and its place in criminal procedure proof

The issue of using digital information in proving on criminal cases is in the process of proof and whether it can be perceived as an object of proof and whether it should be transformed into one of the already existing types of evidence or whether it is necessary to single it out as a separate independent type of «digital considered in the article. The question is raised about the nature of digital information evidence». Within the frame of the consideration of these issues, the legal nature of traces formed in a digital environment is determined, the essential features allowing to single out these traces in a special group of digital traces are emphasized. The analysis of the properties of digital information is carried out. The conclusion is made that there are signs that significantly distinguish digital information from information recorded within other types of evidence, and in general that the allocation of «digital evidence», although theoretically justified, is premature today, and digital information may well be perceived as part of physical evidence or other documents.