Browse Hierarchy EBU6007: Cybersecurity Law

Digital computer and network technologies, particularly the Internet, promise social and economic benefits through creating new products and services, increasing individual user choice and encouraging information exchange. However, the global information society creates opportunities for personal information to be captured and shared, raising concerns about the protection of privacy and personal data. The security of such information from unauthorized intrusions and other attacks also needs to be managed. The technological environment has also transformed the social and legal implications of criminal or harmful activities. It has enabled new ways of committing crimes and provided new opportunities for 'old' crimes such as fraud. This has created interesting challenges to both substantive and procedural criminal law, concerning both the interpretation of traditional criminal law and potential new crimes where there is a need to develop the law to close legal gaps.