IP: G-8 OFFICIALS CONSIDER TREATY FOR CYBERCRIME LAWS

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

[ I wonder if the law they say " U.S.  law enforcement groups are also 
hamstrung by laws that allow  cybercriminals to escape detection and 
capture." is also called the Bill of Rights djf]



>G-8 OFFICIALS CONSIDER TREATY FOR CYBERCRIME LAWS
>Crime on the Internet is flourishing in part because several
>countries, including Belgium and Spain, have weak laws addressing
>online crime, according to legal experts at the Group of Eight
>conference on cybercrime, held in Paris this week.  U.K. and U.S.
>law enforcement groups are also hamstrung by laws that allow
>cybercriminals to escape detection and capture.  The Council of
>Europe has proposed a treaty to combat cybercrime.  The treaty
>includes language that could require ISPs to preserve consumer
>data for upwards of 40 days, a concept that many industry groups
>find upsetting.  The data requirement, and others called for by
>the treaty, "run contrary to legal protections and would result
>in the stifling of Internet growth," said the Internet Alliance,
>a prominent industry group. (Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, 17 May
>2000)