| It is normal that during the course of human history | | | | and digital rights. The ancillary liability offences include |
| criminals try to use most of the new inventions for | | | | things like attempt and aiding or abetting and corporate |
| their cause. While the Internet itself is very young it is | | | | liability. Computer crimes touch a lot of parts of the law |
| already filled with various criminals that are committing | | | | so in Canada various sections of the Canadian |
| frauds, stealing information, stalking or harassing people. | | | | Criminal Code deal with various computer crimes. The |
| And it is also natural that after some time the countries | | | | theft, forgery of credit cards and unauthorized use of |
| with most internet users created laws that allowed | | | | computer is regulated by the Section 342. Privacy is |
| prosecuting the online criminals. | | | | regulated by section 184 and personation with section |
| In Canada the definition of computer crime is taken | | | | 403. Also some of the crimes are regulated with Bill |
| from the international Convention on Cybercrime that | | | | C-46. As Canada has not yet ratified this Additional |
| occurred on November 23, 2001. Canada contributed, | | | | Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime its Criminal |
| and is a signatory, to this international of criminal | | | | Code may not fully address the following criminal |
| offences involving the use of computers: offences | | | | offences: |
| against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of | | | | The computer crimes that are still partly excluded from |
| computer data and systems; computer-related | | | | the Canadian Criminal Code mostly deal with |
| offences; content-related offences; offences related | | | | discrimination and include: dissemination of racist and |
| to infringements of copyright and related rights; and | | | | xenophobic material through computer systems; racist |
| ancillary liability. Today Canada is in the stage of | | | | and xenophobic motivated threat; racist and |
| ratifying the Convention of Cybercrime, so in practice | | | | xenophobic motivated insult; denial, gross minimization, |
| Canadian Criminal Code contains a set of laws for | | | | approval or justification of genocide or crimes against |
| regulating the computer crimes, but it may view some | | | | humanity; aiding and abetting. |
| of the offences in a different way. Still most of them | | | | Mostly the targets of the serious computer criminals |
| are classified as following. The Offences against the | | | | are the companies and individuals from North America |
| confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data | | | | and Europe, so these governments that are mostly |
| and systems include: illegal access, illegal interception, | | | | affected by cybercrime are giving a great effort on |
| data interference, system interference, misuse of | | | | providing an appropriate legislation. The main problem |
| devices. The computer-related offences include: | | | | of the Computer Crimes legislation is that the criminal |
| computer-related forgery and computer-related fraud. | | | | itself can be from any part of the world, and at some |
| The content-related offences include: offences related | | | | points he will be protected by the local laws, or lack of |
| to child pornography. The offences related to | | | | local cybercrime laws. That’s why it is crucial for all |
| infringements of copyright and related rights naturally | | | | the countries in the world to work together for a one |
| include everything related to the violation of copyrights | | | | good cause – an Internet Free of Crime. |