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EU gets tougher on Internet crime with new e-mail directive
By Alan Osborn, Total Telecom
06 June 2000
The European Commission is preparing new legislation setting out the conditions under which telecoms operators must allow law enforcement agencies to intercept e-mail messages. The proposals, which will have to be agreed by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers, will also lay down obligations for the prevention of "spam" mail, including all anonymous and unsolicited messages.
The proposed directive, part of wider measures to combat Internet crime, will extend the existing EU data privacy directive into e-mail and other Internet applications, and will acknowledge that interception can be justified in criminal investigations and in the defence of national security. "But under no circumstances may it be used for commercial espionage," said a spokesman for Erkki Liikanen, EU Commissioner for the information society.
The ban on anonymous e-mail, also considered an anti-crime measure, has already been recommended by a committee of the European Parliament.
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The revised EU directive is due to be adopted formally by the Commission on June 27th.
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And on June 13th the EU council of ministers will adopt a new regulatory framework covering encryption. This will include regulation to liberalize exports, both within and outside the European Union, of encryption products.
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