2008
July
June
May
- The government of New Zealand has outlined plans to make the country party to the Convention on Cybercrime by 2009.
- A Cybercrime Bill is being prepared in Algeria and may be submitted to the Parliamanet by the end of 2008.
April
March
- The Senate (pdf) of the Italian Parliament has on February 27 approved and ratified the Convention on Cybercrime.
February
- The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Azerbaijan debates an initiative on acceding to the Convention on Cybercrime.
- A proposal in 2004 on amending the Penal Code in Japan, in order to ratify the Convention on Cybercrime, is still stalled in the Diet (Parliament).
January
2007
December
November
October
- The Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva has launched an initiative on Global Cybersecurity and appointed a High-Level Experts Group in order to deliver strategic reports on five work areas, including legal measures such as the development of a model cybercrime legislation. A model cybercrime legislation that is globally applicable and interoperable with existing national and regional legislative measures.
September
- Estonia lawmakers are considering amendments to the penal code on cybercrime, including making cyber attacks an act of terrorism when committed with the same intent. In addition, adding to the penal code an article covering the preparation to commit cybercrime.
August
- Botswana will in shortly present a cybercrime bill to the Parliament.
July
- US Department of Justice has submitted a Bill to Congress - the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 - amending 18 U.S.C. § 1028 (a)(7) on Identity Theft
- The government of Uganda has prepared a proposal for new laws on cybercrime
June
May
- A new cybercrime law has been enacted in Thailand
- Germany has adopted new penal laws on cybercrime in Section 202a, 303a and 303b.
- European Union (EU) Commission will concider an initiative regarding legislation against identity theft in 2007: towards a general policy on the fight against cybercrime.
- Sri Lanka has enacted the Computer Crimes Bill
April
- A proposal in Indonesia suggests that the country should join the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
March
February
- According to a draft amendment to the Penal Code in Sweden, denial of service attacks (DoS) will be made a criminal offence.
- Iceland has on January 29 ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
January
- In Pakistan A Cybercrime Bill titled the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2006 has been adopted by the Federal Cabinet.
2006
December
- In India, a new Bill has been introduced to the Parliament, Lok Sabha, to amend the Information Technology Act of 2000. The Bill amends provisions on cybercrime in the Penal Code, the Evidence Act and the Criminal Procedure Code.
November
October
- Saudi Arabia has passed laws covering cybercrime. The Shoura Council has in October enacted provisions on illegal access, data interference, etc.
- On October 12 Armenia ratified the European Convention on Cybercrime and the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer system
September
August
- On August 3, the United States Senate ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. It will come into force on January 1 2007.
July
June
- The Dutch Parliament enacted on May 31 new legislation on Cybercrime
- In Bangladesh, a draft Bill on Information and Communication Technology has been introduced in the Parliament
May
April
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The Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) has at a meeting on March 20-21, agreed that the definition of "computer systems" in Article 1.a. of the Convention includes:
modern mobile telephones which are multifunctional and have among their functions the capacity to produce, process and transmit data, such as accessing the Internet, sending e-mail, transmitting attachments such as photographs, and downloading documents.
Similarly it was recognized that personal digital assistants, with or without wireless functionality, also produce, process and transmit data.
March
- A joint legal initiative on cybercrime was held in Brunei, March 23, 2006, between Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. New laws dealing with cybercrime are under serious consideration in Brunei
- Kuwait is ready to fight all kinds of cybercrime. A draft law is planned to incriminate all computer-related crimes.
February
- United Arabic Emirates (UAE) - Cyber-Crime Law No 2 has been issued by the President. (february 13, 2006)
January
- United Kingdom - Police and Justice Bill (119), Sections 33-36, introdused in the House of Commons. (january 25. 2006)
- France - Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. (january 10)
2005
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The Netherlands - A committee proposal for legislation on Computercriminaliteit introdused to First Chamber (Senate) (December 20)
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Norway - Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (November 4)
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Nigeria: - Computer security& critical information infrastructure protection bill 2005 (Sb254) has been introdused to the National Assembly
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Indonesia - The Electronic Transaction and Information Law was submitted to the House (July)
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