Establishment of Cooperation with the Council of Europe in the Fight Against Cybercrime

Strasbourg, June 21, 2024 – On June 17-21, a plenary session of the Committee of the Convention on Cybercrime (T-CY, Budapest Convention) was held, attended by a joint delegation of representatives from the General Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan.

During negotiations with the T-CY Secretariat, the implementation of the cooperation roadmap developed in Astana on May 15, 2024, was discussed, particularly in relation to legislative reform in our country.

The head of the T-CY Secretariat, A. Seger, confirmed the Council of Europe's readiness to support Kazakhstan in its efforts to further strengthen the internal legal framework on cybercrime and electronic evidence in accordance with the requirements of the Convention.

The delegation also held successful negotiations with the Secretariat of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD, No. 108).

As a result of the negotiations, an agreement was reached to establish direct contacts between the Information Security Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry (ISC MDDIAI) and the Secretariat of Committee No. 108.

Convention No. 108 was adopted in 1981. It is the first international instrument that required participants to align their national legislation with the Convention to ensure an adequate level of protection for the rights of data subjects during the automatic processing of personal data. The aim of adopting the Convention was to ensure greater transparency in the automated processing of personal data.