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January 2019, the National Congress passed Act No. 27.482, amending the Federal
Code of Criminal Procedure, which now includes tools for obtaining digital evide nce
(interception of digital communications, data recording and retention, and computer
systems).
Work is currently under way on a draft law to amend the Criminal Code, which
will criminalize a number of information technology-related offences, in particular,
damaging critical infrastructure.
In order to increase capacity to combat cybercrime, the Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights, with the support of international bodies such as the Organization of
American States (OAS) and the Council of Europe, gave a number of training
workshops on cybercrime, processing of digital evidence and modern investigation
methods, for actors in the criminal justice system. The workshops were held in various
regions of the country, and were aimed at judges, prosecutors and members of the
federal and provincial security forces. From 2016 to now, almost 500 judges and
prosecutors throughout the country have participated in these training programmes.
One of the objectives of the Argentine Digital Agenda, adopted by Decree
No. 996/2018, is to develop cybersecurity capacity in order to create trust in digital
environments. In this connection, to strengthen capacity for awareness -raising on the
risks of using social media and the Internet, with a focus on the general population,
and particularly the groups considered to be at risk, programmes have been developed
to train trainers, in collaboration with the Punto Digital programme. Topics including
cyberbullying, grooming, phishing, cybersecurity, and strategies for the care and
containment of victims and the prevention and detection of computer-related crime,
have been addressed, with a focus on youth, adolescents and older adults.
With respect to the protection of personal data, Argentina was one of the first
countries of the region to have a regulatory framework for the protection of personal
data, through the adoption of Act No. 25.326. Argentina has acceded to the Council
of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic
Processing of Personal Data.
On 1 June 2019, the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to
Automatic Processing of Personal Data, and its Additional Protocol, will enter into
force in the Argentine Republic.
Measures taken to promote international cooperation in the field of
information security
Argentina promotes the establishment of agreements at the bilateral, regional
and multilateral levels intended to contribute to making cyberspace peaceful and
secure, and seeks to participate in all the work of international agencies in the area of
cybersecurity and to participate actively in all the international academic and
technical spheres where cybersecurity is addressed.
In this regard, Argentina is actively engaged in the activities of the Cybercrime
Convention Committee, and supports States that are not yet parties but want to accede
to the Convention. Among the tangible advantages that this treaty offers its members
is inclusion in the 24/7 Network, which provides a channel for assistance and
facilitates criminal investigations between States parties.
However, taking into account the transnational nature of cybercrime and the
need for mechanisms to enable a global response, Argentina supports both the
processes under the Convention on Cybercrime, and the discussion forums that seek
to advance, within the framework of the United Nations, towards the negotiation of
an universal legal framework in this area (the Vienna process).
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