On December 28, 2015, the House of Representatives began
considering a bill for a third computer crime act (source document in Dutch).
The draft legislation authorizes investigation officers to hack
computers under special circumstances, allows communication service
providers to render certain data inaccessible, and criminalizes the
handling of data acquired through illegal wiretapping. The bill
awaits approval from both the Dutch House of Representatives and
Senate before taking effect.
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