U.S. Ratifies CoE Cybercrime Treaty, Coe Accepts Microsoft Donation to Help Implementation

On October 2, 2006, the Council of Europe (CoE) announced that the U.S. has completed ratification of the CoE Cybercrime Convention, which will enter into force in the U.S. on January 1, 2007. The U.S. is the 16th country to ratify the Convention. On October 3, 2006, the CoE announced its receipt of a $250,000 donation from Microsoft Corporation to help states implement the Convention. ... [more]