public Data Protection Office (DPO) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Attorney General’s Office (AGO) Regulatory Bodies Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies (IJLS) 19 | P a g e Police IT Unit:  To carry out forensic examination of electronic evidence and provide reports to the Cybercrime Unit/local Police for prosecution The Data Protection Office will act as the advisory body on data protection and privacy issues. The role of the ODPP are listed below:  Prosecuting cases involving cybercrime.  Tendering legal advice during cybercrime investigation and assist with the procedural tools such as expedited preservation order, disclosure order, production order, search and seizure and real time collection of data.  Providing capacity building programmes for officers of the ODPP and investigators.  Assisting in the training and awareness programmes for law enforcement agencies. The AGO will be responsible for:  Advising and assisting on legal frameworks and legislative amendments required to respond to cybercrime more effectively;  Drafting of appropriate legislation to be introduced and presented before the National Assembly;  Making and receiving formal mutual legal assistance requests to and from foreign countries to seek or provide evidence to support cybercrime investigations or prosecutions. The Regulatory bodies shall include the ICTA, FSC and the Bank of Mauritius (the financial sector regulator). The roles of the regulatory bodies will be to:  Establish, control, inspect and enforce regulations regarding cybercrime  Encourage organisations to adopt security best practices and guidelines The responsibilities of the IJLS are as follows:  Conduct courses, seminars or workshops for the training of judicial and legal officers in the area of cybercrime and electronic evidence.  Identify areas of need and interest where specialised knowledge is required, and promote and co-ordinate research and development in the area of cybercrime and electronic evidence.

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