With the approval of a fifth country, Lithuania, the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime now goes into effect.
Press Release: Entry into force of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime
The convention, which is the first international treaty on crimes committed via the internet and other computer networks, is the result of four years’ work by experts from the 45-member Council of Europe and from non-member countries including the USA, Canada and Japan.
Michael Froomkin: Cybercrime Treaty Goes Live “It’s widely believed that the US wrote this and pushed it through the Council, both to get access to foreign communications and especially to impress on Congress that Carnivore in the US should be seen as business as usual, and something demanded by our allies.”
