23- The State Party from which assistance is requested shall commit itself to respond to the State Party requesting assistance according to the provisions of this convention. The response to the request shall be prompt if the relevant information may be lost or amended. Article 40: Access to Information Technology Information Across Borders A State Party may, without obtaining an authorization from another State Party: 1Access information technology information available to the public (open source), regardless of the geographical location of the information. 2Access or receive – through information technology in its territory – information technology information found in the other State Party, provided it has obtained the voluntary and legal agreement of the person having the legal authority to disclose information to that State Party by means of the said information technology. Article 41: Cooperation and Bilateral Assistance Regarding the Expeditious Gathering of Users Tracking Information 1- 2- State Parties shall lend bilateral assistance to each other regarding the expeditious gathering of users tracking information associated with specific communications in their territories and transmitted through the information technology. Every State Party shall provide such assistance at least with respect to offences for which similar domestic cases involve the expeditious gathering of users tracking information. Article 42: Cooperation and Bilateral Assistance Regarding Information Related to Content State Parties shall commit themselves to provide bilateral assistance to each other regarding the expeditious gathering of content 24