Schlagwort: Council of Europe
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Cleaning up the internet: UN plans convention against cybercrime
A new convention for the prosecution of online crimes is to include the „spreading of false information“ if this could trigger „social unrest“. States are therefore to make provisions to be able to uniformly prosecute calls for „subversive or armed activities“ on the internet. The proposals are contained in the draft Convention against Cybercrime of […]
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Council and Parliament negotiations: EU laws on „E-Evidence“ reportedly on the home straight
Internet service providers are to facilitate the work of law enforcement agencies with orders to preserve and hand over their users‘ data. With an additional directive, companies must designate legal representation and establish points of contact. Negotiations on the EU proposals on „electronic evidence“ („e-evidence“) could be concluded this year. This is according to a […]
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Budapest Convention: Council of Europe decides to facilitate the exchange of electronic evidence
In future, investigating authorities and public prosecutors‘ offices will be able to force internet providers in a third country to hand over data on their users without a court order there. Even more far-reaching surveillance measures on „e-evidence“ are to be regulated in additional agreements. Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the Convention […]
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„Electronic Evidence“: No simplification for digital investigations yet
No less than three international organisations are working on different agreements to ease access to servers abroad for police and judiciary. In the Council of Europe, the EU Commission might pre-empt the United Nations. Problems arise with demands from the USA. 65 states have ratified the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, […]