The provisions would be consistent with international guidelines discussed
during the Budapest Convention on the Council of Europe in 2001, government and
private sector representatives at the workshop were told.
The Budapest Convention offers guidelines for the development of national
legislation and a framework for international cooperation against cybercrime.
The two-day workshop was organized by the Department of Justice, the Commission
on Information and Communications Technology, and the Council of Europe, in
partnership with Microsoft in order to dissect the proposed Philippine
cybercrime bill before it is endorsed to Congress.
The workshop divided attendees into groups to work on three general provisions
of the bill, namely emergency response, enforcement and implementation;
jurisdiction and international cooperation; and punishable acts, said Albert
dela Cruz, director of the Philippine Computer Emergency Response Team
(PH-CERT) and currently platform strategy manager at Microsoft Philippines, in
an interview.
Each group presented their suggestions to lawmakers and members of the CICT,
headed by its chairman, Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III.
For about eight years, various sectors have lobbied for a cybercrime law in the
Philippines.
