[bestbits] Fwd: New Report: Data Beyond Borders

[Carolina Rossini]

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Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:00 AM
Subject: New Report: Data Beyond Borders
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         A report released by GNI outlines key principles and specific
reforms to drive a human rights-based approach to MLA reform for the
twenty-first century.    View this email in your browser
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GNI Report Offers Reforms to Manage Rising Number of International Law
Enforcement Requests for User Data              WASHINGTON, DC—The Mutual
Legal Assistance (MLA) regime—which consists of hundreds of bilateral and
multilateral treaties that regulate government-to-government requests for
user data—has struggled to keep up with the enormous number of requests for
digital evidence arising from global Internet services. A report
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released today by the Global Network Initiative, entitled “Data Beyond
Borders: Mutual Legal Assistance in the Internet Era
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outlines key principles and specific reforms to drive a human rights-based
approach to MLA reform for the twenty-first century.

“When mutual legal assistance does not function swiftly and fairly,
governments resort to other tactics such as demanding data localization or
attempting to apply their laws extraterritorially,” says report author
Andrew K. Woods, assistant professor of law at the University of Kentucky.
He added, “It is therefore critical that states work together to make
mutual legal assistance more efficient and more protective of human rights.
This is not an impossible task: states that are serious about reforming MLA
can implement many of the most-urgent reforms in the next year.”

The report recommends that states work together to create a secure
electronic system for managing MLA requests, increase staffing for MLA
issues, and conduct thorough trainings at all levels of law enforcement to
ensure that MLA requests are generated and processed as efficiently as
possible and in a way that respects international human rights.

“This report offers a mutually beneficial approach to mutual legal
assistance reform,” says GNI Policy and Communications Director David
Sullivan. “Internet users, companies, and law enforcement officials would
all benefit from a robust, principled, and transparent system for managing
lawful requests across jurisdictions.”

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Contact:
David Sullivan, dsullivan at globalnetworkinitiative.org, +1-646-595-5373

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