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Status regarding Budapest Convention

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Cybercrime policies/strategies

The Tanzania ICT Policy 2003 statement:

The Government will set-up legal regulatory frameworks that are appropriate to the ICT sector taking into account that electronic transactions are also susceptible to electronic criminality.
The Government will have compelling interest in shielding contents inappropriate for minors or those that promote behavior that might endanger minors and society.
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Cybercrime legislation

State of cybercrime legislation

The Cybercrime Act 2015 is the main source of substantive law provisions and addresses all of the offences listed in the Budapest Convention.

The same Act addresses extensively procedural powers corresponding to the Budapest

Substantive law

The Cybercrime Act of 2015 comprises a list of offences and penalties, including on: Illegal access, remaining, interception, data interference; Data espionage; Illegal system interference; Illegal devices; Computer-related forgery, fraud; Genocide and crimes against humanity; Protection of critical information structure; Offences relating to criminal information structure.

Procedural law

Procedural measures created through the Cybercrime Act of 2015 are included in Part IV of the Law, Search and seizure, including but not limited to measures of: Art. 32 Search and seizure; 32. Disclosure of data; Art. 33 expedited preservation; Art. 34 disclosure and collection of traffic data; Art. 35 disclosure and collection of content data;

Related laws and regulations

Specialised institutions

Cyber Crime Unit, Tanzania Police Force

TZ-CERT – Tanzania Computer Emergency Response Team

There is an initiative to build up a CERT Regulations under s. 124(1) of the Electronic and Postal Communications Act No. 3, of 2010. The Draft Electronic and Postal Communications (Computer Emergency Response Team) Regulations, 2011