Information Technology

Legislation and case law

To date there is only a small amount of legislation covering this area: 

Legislation

• Electronic Transactions Act 2002 
• Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 
• Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999
• Other  legislation can be found in LegislationNZ and New Zealand Legislation

Cases

• Case notes - brief scenarios of recent problems with  which Computer Forensics NZ Ltd have been involved

Government and organisations

• E-government in New Zealand
• InternetNZ
• Ministry of Economic Development Manatū Ōhanga
• Privacy Commissioner Te Mana Matapono Matatapu

Commentary

• CyberCrime Law
• Communications and technology – 2008 Ministerial Briefing Paper,  Ministry of Economic Development
• Information and communications technology, Ministry of Economic Development
• QuickLinks - a news clipping service on Information Society topics
• Interpol's website has useful sources, including IT security and crime prevention methods, Information technology crime and the Regional Working Parties on Information Technology Crime 

Other jurisdictions

General

• odr.info - a dispute resolution web portal set up by The Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution
  
• WorldLII - cyberspace law

Australia

• AustLII - cyberspace law
• Australian High Tech Crime Centre
• Australian Institute of Criminology’s site has resources on Internet regulation, Cybercrime, and Theft, fraud and financial crime
• Cyber Crime - the  House of Representatives' recommendations on cybercrime inquiry report (June 2009)
• Online fraud – information page from the Australian Federal Police

Europe

• Council of Europe Convention on cybercrime
• Data protection - Council of Europe
• European Commission Information Society and Media Directorate-General and the Society's Portal
• Institute for Information Law

North America

• Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School - includes 'Latest research and reports'
• Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section - US Criminal Division
• Computer crime sources
• Computer Crime Research Center
• DigestibleLaw.com - "a blog dedicated to internet law"

United Kingdom

• Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
• E-commerce and the law
• Good practice in e-tailing: distance selling regulations
• Society for Computers and Law