In Analogie zum Vorschlag einer „Genfer Konvention für den Cyberspace„, der im April durch Microsofts Präsident und Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith unterbreitet worden ist, hat sich nun auch Google mit einem ähnliche Vorstoß zu Wort gemeldet. Dem Konzern geht es dabei in erster Linie um die Errichtung eines gesetzliches Frameworks um legitime Interessen staatlicher Behörden bei der Strafverfolgung mit den ebenso legitimen Ansprüchen des Persönlichkeits- und Datenschutzes zu verbinden:
The Problem:
Governments that adhere to baseline privacy, due process, and human rights standards are encumbered in their ability to obtain electronic data that is held by service providers. These governments have legitimate law enforcement objectives, and they are often unable to obtain this data in a timely manner…
Users’ privacy rights are not adequately protected by current legal frameworks…
The Solution…
Digital evidence that is held by service providers should be accessible in a timely manner for legitimate law enforcement investigations. Countries that commit to baseline privacy, due process, and human rights principles should be able to make direct requests to providers in other democratic countries. For other countries, existing mutual assistance frameworks should be reformed to improve response times.
Countries must commit to baseline principles of privacy, due process, and human rights in their domestic laws if they wish to make direct requests to providers in other democratic countries.
Q: blog.google.com (offline, ursprünglicher Link war https://www.blog.google/documents/2/CrossBorderLawEnforcementRequestsWhitePaper_2.pdf) / lokale Kopie
Die Ideen werden in einem Blog-Eintrag selbst nochmals genauer ausgeführt und sind hier zu finden: „Digital security and due process: A new legal framework for the cloud era“ (lokale Kopie)