The most important technology witnessed by humanity over time was electronic technology, specifically computer technology, and other electronic devices with read screen, which became more important as a result of communication with other means, the most prominent is the global network represented by the Internet, which made these computers as well as electronic devices with a screen read an important role in providing a better life for the community as a result of the increasing use of personal and professional levels in the storage of electronic information, whether personal life or economic activities and others.
But at the same time, this importance caused the emergence of different forms of electronic attacks on this information, including visual capture, which is to view or read the information contained within an electronic medium such as a computer screen or mobile and then capture this information visually or mentally from the screen.
Based on this, the intended capture here is done by looking without relying on any electronic means to achieve understanding and awareness of this information. The opinions of jurists differed regarding the legal nature of the crime of visual capture of electronic information in two directions, which are explained in the research folds. be seen:
The first trend: This crime is one of the forms of crimes on money on the grounds that the electronic information, although of a moral nature, but has a material value may reach millions of dollars.
while:
The second trend sees it as a different crime require special processing texts, this was necessitated by the legislator to consider a visual capture crime of electronic information the availability of some of the assumed conditions before the establishment of moral and material bases. The legislator required that the crime of visual capture of electronic information fulfill some of the presumed conditions prior to the establishment of its physical and moral bases. These conditions include, first, that the information obtained from an electronic medium, and secondly that this visual capture is unlawful.