CYBERCRIME CONVENTION LATEST
April 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has launched a robust attack on the Council of Europe's draft convention on cybercrime, which it accuses of being "too vague and confusing" and of threatening "fundamental rights and freedoms."
A paper from the EU's Working Party of Data Protection has called for the discussions on the convention to be extended beyond the summer deadline, which currently exists for the adoption of the cybercrime agreement.
The EU and the Council of Europe are entirely independent of one another.
THE EUROPEAN Union has launched a robust attack on the Council of Europe's draft convention on cybercrime, which it accuses of being "too vague and confusing" and of threatening "fundamental rights and freedoms."
A paper from the EU's Working Party of Data Protection has called for the discussions on the convention to be extended beyond the summer deadline, which currently exists for the adoption of the cybercrime agreement.
The EU and the Council of Europe are entirely independent of one another.
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