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Final cybercrime treaty draft released?

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:33:26 -0400 From: Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org> Subject: Final cybercrime treaty draft released? To: "GILC plan (E-mail)" <gilc-plan@gilc.org> Send reply to: gilc-plan@gilc.org

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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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.

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"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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