1. 2010
   

2. June
   

3. ‣The Turkish Transportation Minister Bilali Yıldırım has declared that Turkey will soon sign The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
   

4. ‣A conference on cybercrime is held in Oslo, Norway, June 16 - 17 (pdf). The conference Crime in Virtual Worlds covers identity theft, phishing, massive and coordinated cyber attacks, cloud computing and VOIP-security issues.
   

1. May
   

2. ‣The East African Communications Organisations (EACO) will work to establish and harmonize Internet security policies and Internet laws in the East Africa region.
   

3. ‣Professor Solange Ghernaouti-Hélie, University Lausanne, Switzerland, gave a presentation on the «Need for a United Nations Cyberspace Treaty» (pdf) at the ITU - High Level debate on Cybersecurity and Cyberspace in Geneva May 12, 2010.
   

4. ‣Judge Stein Schjolberg presented a paper on: Wanted - A United Nations Cyberspace Treaty, including cybercrime, at the EastWest Institute First Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in Dallas, May 3-5, 2010
   

5. ‣The Council of the European Union is developing a new concerted strategy to combat cybercrime
   

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7. April
   

8. ‣A proposal for a United Nations cyber crime treaty presented by judge Stein Schjolberg at the United Nations Crime Congress in Salvador, Brazil, April 12-19, 2010.
   

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10. Mars
    

11. ‣Azerbaijan, Montenegro and Portugal have now ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
    Total number of ratifications of the 2001 Convention are now 29, while total number of signatures not followed by ratifications are 17.
    

1. February
   

2. ‣China will make amendments in penal legislation by strengthen cybercrime laws. New measures on the interpretation of hacking or illegal access, and how such cases are handled by courts may be released.
   

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4. January
   

5. ‣The OAS working group on cybercrime has recommended several intiatives, including legislative steps to define cybercrime and how to prosecute it.
   

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7. 2009
   

8. December
   

9. ‣The senate in Jamaica passed The Cybercrimes Act. The Bill was approved with six amendments. 
   

10. ‣The Portuguese Parliament has passed a new law on cybercrime
    

11. ‣A new dialogue between the US and Russia on cybersecurity and cybercrime
    

12. November
    

13. ‣Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed the law on approval of Convention on Cyber-Crime.
    

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    October
    

15. ‣The Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 entered into force in India. Cyberterrorism is now punishable  with life in prison, and it includes also new cybercrime offences such as identity theft, cyber-stalking, and cyber harassment.
    

16. ‣In Australia, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill was rewritten by the federal government.
    

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    September
    

18. ‣ A Bill has been presented in Jamaica providing legal sanctions for the criminal misuse of data.
    
    

19. July
    

20. ‣A Bill titled "Fostering a Global Respons to Cyber Attacks Act" (S.1438) was introduced in the US Senate on July 10. The Bill includes in Section (6) as follows:
    

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    1. "Relevant international cybersecurity agreements focus only on issues relating to cyber crime and common operating standards and have not been signed by certain countries from which cyberattacks may be launched."
       

    
    
      The Bill also includes a proposal for cooperative activities for international
      engagements with other governments.
    

1. June
   

2. ‣The European Union is planning amendment in the Council Framework Decision on Attacks Against Information Systems, which went into force in 2005.
   

May

1. ‣The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has on May 28 adopted the New Penal Code, including several provisions on cybercrime. See §§ 192, 201, 202, 204, 205b, 206, 311, 351, 361, and 371. The new penal code will enter into force in 2010-2011.
   

April

1. ‣A new Bill on cybercrime has been filed in The Philippine Senate.
   

2. ‣Bangladesh has introduced a new law on cybercrime.
   

March

1. ‣Germany has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
   

2. ‣In Norway a Bill on a new Criminal Law (2008-2009) has in § 202 introduced a provision on identity theft, using the term Identity Infringements that reads as follows:
   “With a fine or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years shall whoever be punished, that without authority possesses of a means of identity of another, or acts with the identity of another or with an identity that easily may be confused with the identity of another person, with the intent of
   a) procuring an economic benefit for oneself or for another person, or
   b) causing a loss of property or inconvenience to another person.”
   (unofficial translation)
   

February

1. ‣President Barack Obama has directed the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to conduct a review of the plan, programs, and activities underway throughout the government dedicated to cyber security, including new regulations to combat cybercrime.
   

2. ‣US Vice President Joe Biden gave a presentation at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy on February 7. Among many issues he emphasized the need to tackle terrorism and cyber-security.
   

January

1. ‣The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act (pdf) was passed by the Kenyan Parliament and signed into law by the President on January 2. The Act includes legislation on cybercrime in Sections 83 W-Z and 84 A- F on: unauthorized access to computer data, access with intent to commit offences, unauthorized access to and interception of computer service, unauthorized modification of computer material, damaging or denying access to computer system, unauthorized disclosure of passwords, unlawful possession of devices and data, electronic fraud, tampering with computer source documents, and publishing of obscene information in electronic form.