An internet privacy group has written on behalf of a number of
international technology and privacy groups to the Council of
Europe to express their concern with the current draft of the
proposed Cybercrime Convention.
The letter, dated 12th December, has been sent by the Global
Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) and is signed by the American
Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the
Electronic Privacy Information Centre and the UK’s Privacy
International among others.
GILC writes:
“To our dismay and alarm, the convention
continues to be a document that threatens the rights of the
individual while extending the powers of police authorities,
creates a low-barrier protection of rights uniformly across
borders, and ignores highly-regarded data protection
principles.”
The letter goes on to attack much of the draft convention,
alleging that it contains threats to basic human rights and invades
the sovereignty of nations. It calls on member states of the
Council of Europe to not sign the final Convention.
