Cybercrime push 'imperils personal security'
President Bush this week urged Senators to back the adoption of a Council of Europe Cybercrime treaty into US law. But Privacy International (PI), the human rights watchdog, warns that if the Senate ratifies the Treaty, "dozens of countries will have 'on demand' access to the personal information and communications records of any American they may wish to investigate".
This data - including full email logs, phone records and mobile phone location data together with account and financial records - could be "cherry picked" by investigating authorities in countries that ratify the treaty.
The treaty, designed to streamline cooperation between signatory countries, will significant expand the power of investigators to access data and prosecute offences ranging from copyright infringement to "hate speech".
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