International Issues Resources for E-Commerce/Internet

"Foreign Travel Threat Assessment: Electronic Communications Vulnerabilities"

Office of Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
June 10, 2008

Final Report

EU-US High Level Contact Group on information sharing and privacy and data protection
May 28, 2008

Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v. Telefónica de España SAU, Case C-275/06

European Court of Justice
January 29, 2008

Decision by the Arbitrator: "United States -- Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services," WT/DS285/ARB

World Trade Organization
December 21, 2007

SCRL Societe Belge des Auteurs v. SA Scarlet, No. 04/8975/A

Tribunal de Premiere Instance de Bruxelles (Belgium)
June 25, 2007

Recourse by Antigua and Barbuda to Article 22.2 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes in "United States – Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services (WT/DS285)"

World Trade Organization
June 21, 2007

DIFC Law No. 1 of 2007, "Data Protection Law 2007"

Emirate of Dubai
January 1, 2007

Jeremy L.F. v. Techni-Soft

French Cour de Cessation
October 18, 2006

Executive Order on the retention and storage of traffic data by providers of electronic communications networks and services (the Logging Executive Order)

Danish Ministry of Justice, Civil and Police Department
September 28, 2006

Opinion No. 37 on the transfer of personal data by the CSLR SWIFT by virtue of UST (OFAC) subpoenas

Commission de la Protection de la Vie Privee, Royaume de Belgique
September 27, 2006

Monetary Authority of Singapore, Circular No. SRD TR 02/2005, "Two-Factor Authentication for Internet Banking"

The Chief Executive Officers of All Banks/ Merchant Banks
November 25, 2005

Canada Bill C-74, regulating telecommunications facilities to facilitate the lawful interception of information transmitted by means of those facilities

House of Commons of Canada
November 15, 2005

World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis Agenda for the Information Society

President of the PrepCom of the Tunis Phase
November 15, 2005

Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (Treaty Doc. 108-11), United States Senate Exec. Rept. 109-6

Senate
November 8, 2005

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the retention of data processed in connection with the provision of public electronic communication services and amending Directive 2002/58/EC

Commission of the European Communities
September 21, 2005

AOL France v. UFC Que Choisir, R.G. N° 04/05564

Versailles Court of Appeals of France
September 15, 2005

Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v. Sharman License Holdings Ltd., [2005] FCA 1242

Federal Court of Australia
September 5, 2005

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights and Proposal for a Council Framework Decision

Commission of the European Communities
July 12, 2005

Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements, Desiring to promote international trade and investment through enhanced judicial co-operation

Member States of the Hague Conference on Private International Law
June 30, 2005

Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance, 05.41622

Working Group on Internet Governance
June 30, 2005

Association l'Union des Etudiants Juifs de France, et al., v. OLM, LLC, et al., No. RG: 05/53871

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris
June 13, 2005

Council of the European Union, Draft Framework Decision on data retention, 8864//105, REV 1

Council of the European Union
May 24, 2005

BMG Canada, et al., v. John Doe, et al., Docket A-203-04

Canda Federal Court of Appeal
May 19, 2005

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, "Working Document Setting Forth a Co-Operation Procedure for Issuing Common Opinions on Adequate Safeguards Resulting from 'Binding Corporate Rules'"

Peter Schaar
April 14, 2005

Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Societe Google, Inc., No. RG: 04/05745

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris
February 4, 2005

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, "Opinion 1/2005 on the level of protection ensured in Canada for the transmission of Passenger Name Record and Advance Passenger Information from Airlines"

Peter Schaar
January 19, 2005

Article 29 Data Protection Working Group, "Guidlines for Terminated Merchant Databases"

Peter Schaar
January 11, 2005

Commission Decision C (2004) 5271, amending Decision 2001/497/EC as regards the introduction of an alternative set of standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries

Commission of the European Communities
January 7, 2005

Guidelines for Schemes to Issue Certificates Capable of Being Used in Cross Jurisdiction eCommerce

APEC eSecurity Task Group
December 1, 2004

Article 29 Data Provisions Working Party, "Opinion on More Harmonised Information Provisions"

Federal Trade Commission
November 25, 2004

Article 29 Data Protection Working Committee, Opinion 9/2004 on a Draft Framework Decision on Data Retention

Peter Schaar
November 9, 2004

Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, "Privacy and the USA Patriot Act: Implications for British Columbia Public Sector Outsourcing"

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
October 29, 2004

Staff Working Document, "The implementation of Commission Decision 520/2000/EC on the adequate protection of personal data provided by the Safe Harbour privacy Principles and related Frequently Asked Questions issued by the US Department of Commerce."

SEC (2004) 1323
Commission of the European Communities
October 21, 2004

Lennox v. King, Case No. A2/2004/0380

Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
October 19, 2004

Council of the European Union, Draft Framework Decision on Data Retention

Council of the European Union
October 14, 2004

Japan, "Guidelines on Law Protecting Personal Information in the Economic Industry Section"

Ministry of Trade, Economy and Industry
October 1, 2004

Article 29 Protection Working Party, "Opinion 8/2004 on the Information for Passengers Concerning the Transfer of PNR Data on Flights Between the European Union and the United States of America"

Peter Schaar
September 30, 2004

European Commission: DG INFSO -- DG JAI Consultation Document on Traffic Data Retention

Commission of the European Communities
July 30, 2004

Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, "Request for Submissions: Assessing USA Patriot Act Implications for Privacy Compliance under British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act"

Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
May 28, 2004

Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004

The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives
May 27, 2004

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, "Legal aspects of electronic commerce: Electronic Contracting: provisions for a draft convention," A/CN.9/WG.IV/WP.110

United Nations General Assembly
May 18, 2004

Draft on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements, Working Document No. 110E, Revised

Hague Conerence on Private International Law
May 1, 2004

Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, Canadian House of Commons, "Interim Report on Copyright Reform"

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
May 1, 2004

Draft Framework Decision on the retention of data processed and stored in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services

EU Counicl Ministers from the French Republic, Ireland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom
April 28, 2004

Commission Decision relating to a proceeding under Article 82 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C-3/37.792 Microsoft)

Commission of the European Communities
April 24, 2004

Testimony of Louis J. Freeh Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Louis J. Freeh
April 13, 2004

BMG Canada Inc., et al. v. John Doe, et al., Docket T-292-04

Federal Court of Canada
March 31, 2004

European Commission Action Paper in Response to the Terrorist Attacks on Madrid

European Commission
March 18, 2004

Texts Adopted at the Sitting of the European Parliament

European Parliament
March 9, 2004

Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, National E-Strategy

The Republic of South Africa
March 7, 2004

Opinion 2/2004 on the Adequate Protection of Personal Data Contained in the PNR of AIr Passengers to be Transferred to the United States' Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party
January 29, 2004

Canadian Code of Practice for Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce

Canadian Consumer Affiars
January 16, 2004

Legal Aspects of Electronic Commerce -- Electronic Contracting

Provisions for a Draft Convention
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
December 18, 2003

Order-in-Council Concerning a reference to the Court of Appeal relating to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (S.C. 2000, c.5)

Government of Quebec
December 17, 2003

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the Parliament - Transfer of Air Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data

A Global EU Approach COM(2003) 826 Final
Commission of the European Communities
December 16, 2003

Declaration of Principles, World Summit on the Information Society

Document WSIS-03/GENEVA/DOC/4-E
December 12, 2003

Plan of Action, World Summit on the Information Society

Document WSIS-03/GENEVA/DOC/5-E
December 12, 2003

First Report on the application of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market

Commission of the European Communities
November 21, 2003

Message to the Senate from the President of the United States transmitting Counsel of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and accompanying report of the State Department

The President of the United States
November 17, 2003

Study for the European Commission, "The Legal and Market Aspects of Electronic Signatures," by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and Information Technology at the University of Leuven

Jos Dumortier, Stefan Kelm, Hans Nilsson, Georgia Skouma and Patrick Van Eecke
October 1, 2003

The EU's E-Commerce Agenda 2003-2004

Stewart Baker
October 2003

US Comments on the Draft European Parliament Amendments Regarding the Proposed European Union Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions

September 26, 2003

Resolution on Automatic Software Updates, adopted at the 25th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Data Protection Commission
September 12, 2003

Decision of the UK Advertising Standards Agency in the matter of The Training Guild

The Training Guild
September 10, 2003

"Frequently asked questions (FAQs) by Internet service providers about the new regulatory framework," Oftel Office of Communications

Office of Telecommunications
August 13, 2003

Proposed Law Concerning Protection of Personal Information (Japan)

[Unofficial Translation]
August 1, 2003

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations ("Rome II")

European Parliament
June 23, 2003

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States
June 23, 2003

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions

European Parliament
June 17, 2003

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party "Opinion 4/2003 on the Level of Protection ensured in the US for the Transfer of Passengers' Data"

Data Protection Commission
June 13, 2003

Judgment No. 364 (in French) of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Marseilles in ESCOTA v. Lycos, Lucent, and Breil

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris
June 11, 2003

Monitoring at Work: Guidance for Small Businesses

UK Information Commissioner
June 11, 2003

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party "Working Document: Transfers of personal data to third countries: Applying Article 26(2) of the EU Data Protection Directive to Binding Corporate Rules for International Data Transfers"

Data Protection Working Party
June 3, 2003

Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce (Provisional Translation)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
June 1, 2003

Association of Auschwitz Deportees v. Timothy Koogle, et al., No. 0104305259

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris
February 11, 2003

Communications Data: Report of an Inquiry by the All Party Internet Group

All Party Internet Group
February 7, 2003

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights

European Parliament
January 30, 2003

Electronic Commerce Bill, in French

State Council of France
January 13, 2003

Argentine Decree Number 2628/2002 on Digital Signatures

Comisión Asesora para la Infraestructura de Firma Digital
December 19, 2002

The Fourth Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities
December 15, 2002

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. v. Joseph Gutnick, 2002 HCA 56

High Court of Australia
December 10, 2002

Assessing the Risks of Cyber Terrorism, Cyber War and Other Cyber Threats, James A. Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies
December 1, 2002

Letter from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, George Radwanski, to Martin Cauchon, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada, Wayne Easter, Solicitor General of Canada, and Allan Rock, Minister of Industry

Privacy Commissioner
November 25, 2002

eSafe: Directions for 2003-2004: Discussion Paper

European Union
November 13, 2002

New Zealand Telecommunications Interception Capability Bill 2002, No. 15-1

Parliament of New Zealand
November 12, 2002

Avant-Projet de Loi Relatif a l'Economie Numerique

The French Council of State
November 1, 2002

European Commission Consultation Document, Second Stage Consultation of Social Partners on the Protection of Workers' Personal Data

European Commission
October 31, 2002

American Bar Association's Report, Click Through Agreements: Strategies for Avoiding Disputes on Validity of Assent

American Bar Association
October 11, 2002

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Management and Supervision of Cross-Border Electronic Banking Activities

Basel Committee
October 1, 2002

Draft Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime Concerning the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racists and Xenophonic Nature Committed Through Computer Systems

September 2, 2002

Department of Justice, Industry Canada, and Solicitor General Canada, "Lawful Access: A Consultation Document"

Department of Justice
August 25, 2002

Media Release, Senator Richard Alston, Australia's Minister for Communications, Informaton Technology and the Arts, "Australian Government to Ban Spam"

Senator Richard Alston
July 23, 2002

Report on the Council Common Position for Adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive Concerning the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Electronic Communications Sector

European Parliament
May 30, 2002

Draft of the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime Concerning the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist and Xenophobic Nature Committed Through Computer Systems, and its Explanatory Report

European Commission
May 14, 2002

EU Council Directive 2002/38/EC

EU Council
May 2, 2002

Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, Republic of South Africa

Minister of Communications
April 10, 2002

KaZaA B.V. v. Vereniging Buma and Stichting Stemra, Cause List Number 1370/01 SKG

Amsterdam Court of Appeal
March 28, 2002

Announcement of New Zealand's Associate Minister of Justice Paul Swain: Interception Capability - Government Decisions

Paul Swain
March 21, 2002

Report of the Working Group on Electronic Commerce on its Thirty-Ninth Session

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
March 15, 2002

Letter from Civil Liberties Groups to Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer, Urging Public Disclosure of Draft Protocol Regarding Terrorist Messages and Decoding

Various Civil Liberties Groups
February 28, 2002

Preliminary Draft of the First Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist or Xenophobic Nature Committed Through Computer Systems

European Commission
February 27, 2002

Staff Working Paper, ". . . adequate protection of personal data provided by the Safe Harbour Privacy Principles . . ."

SEC (2002) 196
Commission of the European Communities
February 13, 2002

Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime

Council of Europe
November 23, 2001