[FYI] (Fwd) Final cybercrime treaty draft released?

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Fri, 25 May 2001 15:33:26 -0400
From:           	Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org>
Subject:        	Final cybercrime treaty draft released?
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Version 27 of the Council of Europe cybercrime treaty, dubbed the
final version by press accounts, has just been released. Click
http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/projets/cybercrime27.doc

For press coverage, see below.

Sincerely,
Christopher Chiu
Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York NY 10004-2400
USA
Tel.: 212-549-2535
E-mail: cchiu@aclu.org

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http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/002049.htm

Pioneer cybercrime pact tightens privacy rules

ARIS (Reuters) - Stiff criticism from the EU and pressure groups has
prompted drafters of the world's first treaty against cybercrime to
tighten provisions protecting privacy online, the final text showed
Friday.

...

"But the treaty, which has aroused heated debate in cyberspace since
its draft text became public last year, ignored calls by Internet
service providers for fewer costly requirements on preserving data
that could be linked to a crime.

"It still accorded police wide powers to chase suspected
cybercriminals -- powers some critics say go beyond what is legal in
some Council member states or in observer countries like the United
States, Canada and Japan due to sign the treaty. ...

"The text still requires ISPs to store potentially criminal data for
at least 60 days after police request it, a rule ISPs have railed
against and the EU Working Party called a ``considerable burden on
business'' because of all the electronic storage space needed.

"Against EU objections, it also limits the right of a country to
reject a request from abroad to store and hand over data in potential
crime cases if the requesting country thinks it could be misused.

"The text says states should make sure that systems operators or other
people who know how to use a certain system can be ordered to
cooperate in any such a cyberprobe."



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