Status regarding Budapest Convention
See legal profileCybercrime policies/strategies
Myanmar has not yet adopted a cybercrime strategy.
Cybercrime legislation
Substantive law
Electronic Transactions Law (2004) only partially implements substantive law provisions of data interference and illegal interception.
Procedural law
Law Amending the Myanmar Evidence Act of 2015 introduced the concept of electronic evidence; however, no further information is available on procedural powers corresponding to the Budapest Convention.
Related laws and regulations
Specialised institutions
Cybercrime Section, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Transnational Crime Department, Myanmar Police Force
Technology and Cyber Security Department, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC)
International cooperation
Jurisprudence/case law
Sources and links
- Cybercrime Situation in Myanmar by the Union Supreme Court
- Cybercrime Situation by the Department of Transnational Organisation Crime
- Digital Development in Myanmar by the Ministry of Transport and Communication
- Myanmar’s ICT policy is directed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), 2016 Universal Service Strategy 2018-2022, Ministry of Transport and Communications - seeks to extend telecoms services to more than 90% of the population, internet access to at least 85% and high-speed internet to more than 50%.
These profiles do not necessarily reflect official positions of the States covered or of the Council of Europe.
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- Cybercrime website
- Template: Mutual Legal Assistance Request for subscriber information (Art. 31 Budapest Convention). English and bilingual versions available.
- Template: Data Preservation Request (Articles 29 and 30 Budapest Convention). English and bilingual versions available.