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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