The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers issued a press release on November 7 stating their adoption of a supplemental protocal to the Convention on Cybercrime. It is titled, Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime Concerning the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist and Xenophobic Nature Committed Through Computer Systems. See also their Explanatory Report on the protocol.
The 44 member states will have the opportunity to become signatories to the protocal during the January 2003 EU Parlimentary session.
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Gov't Database of Personal Data
This New York Times article details plans for a Pentagon database currently under development that would be used to mine, collect and analyze personal data collected from the Web, e-mail, telecommunications, government documents and online transactions. The stated purpose of this unprecedented effort: homeland security. This program has the support of the executive director of… Continue Reading
