Vogel Internet, Information Technology, and e-Discovery Blog : Texas Internet, Information Technology, eCommerce, & E-Discovery Lawyer & Attorney Peter S. Vogel : Gardere Wynne Sewell Law Firm : Dallas TX

The EU is considering a plan to require Internet companies to report loss or theft of personal information. The New York Times reported that the new EU laws will apply to “enablers of Internet services, e-commerce platforms, Internet payment gateways, social networks, search engines, cloud computing services, application stores.” The report went on to describe the reason for considering the new laws:

Cybercrime has risen sharply in Europe. A series of high-profile hacking attacks on governments and businesses has galvanized European lawmakers to focus on the need to strengthen and harmonize existing laws, which vary widely across the Union and differ on the levels of disclosure required.

This news about the EU tackling Internet crime comes on the heels of my January 2013 eCommerce Times column entitled "2012's Most Notable Computer Crimes" which I encourage you to read.
 

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While a Michigan couple was married the husband and wife shared a computer and the husband had access to his wife’s email password…. but according to the Detroit Free Press he ex-husband has now been charged with a felony for looking at his ex-wife's emails. 

Should it be a crime or divorce court dispute for the husband to view his wife’s gmail?

My February 2011 Technology Law Column in the eCommerce Times has the complete story, including the comments of nationally recognized criminal defense lawyer Barry Sorrels (the current President of the Dallas Bar Association). 

Barry and I were interviewed on Fox News about this case and he “wondered if this "type of matter was the highest and best use of the criminal justice system.... There are more serious matters."

What do you think?

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