3 December 2008
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INTERPOL Database on International Intellectual Property (DIIP) Crime
Data contained in the database will be subjected to criminal analysis to identify links between transnational and organized cross-industry sector IP criminal activity; facilitate criminal investigations; and, develop regional and global strategic IP crime reports. Police information is collected by INTERPOL in the usual way. It is forwarded to the General Secretariat through the appropriate National Central Bureau (NCB) and stored in the INTERPOL Criminal Information System (ICIS). Non-police information is collected from participating private sector organizations and stored in the autonomous INTERPOL Database on International Intellectual Property (DIIP) Crime. Information contained in the autonomous DIIP is compared to all police information contained in ICIS to identify links between IP crime and other types of criminality including drugs, firearms, fraud, money laundering, people trafficking, terrorism. The INTERPOL IP Crime Unit (IPCU) is responsible for the control and maintenance of DIIP. Access to DIIP is restricted to members of IPCU and nominated INTERPOL IT technicians responsible for database maintenance. Participating private sector organizations that provide data do so on the understanding that to preserve confidentiality and protect the proprietary information of all contributors they will not have access to the data contained in DIIP. Information received from participating private sector organizations should be provided in either the DIIP standard data format or in any readily available electronic format (e.g. Access or XL). All data received from participating private sector organizations is quality assured by IPCU staff before it is entered into the database. Where appropriate and as part of the quality assurance process IPCU staff consult the owner of the information Wherever possible to improve timeliness information received from participating private sector organizations will include the data fields contained in the INTERPOL Recommended Minimum Global Standard for the Collection of Information on Counterfeiting and Piracy by the Private Sector (Appendix 2). In the event that the data is not provided in DIIP standard data format the data will be reviewed, prioritized and assimilated into DIIP by IPCU staff. Comparison between DIIP and ICIS IPCU staff systematically compare data in DIIP with police information in ICIS. It is undertaken in controlled circumstances. During the automatic comparison process the integrity of DIIP data is maintained. It is not stored in ICIS. After the comparison has taken place IPCU staff carry out a detailed examination of all ‘hits’ to establish if they are confirmed links between DIIP data and the information contained in ICIS. Criminal Analysis IPCU staff conduct criminal analysis of DIIP data to establish if there are links between criminals, criminal organizations and affected participating private sector organizations. IPCU produce intelligence packages about criminals and criminal organizations involved in transnational organized IP crime. IPCU use the criminal intelligence to make informed decisions about the development of cross-industry IP crime law enforcement initiatives in INTERPOL Sub-regions in consultation with National Central Bureaus of participating countries. In the event links between participating private sector organizations and other forms of ongoing criminality are identified IPCU does not disclose these links to law enforcement agencies without the express authority of each affected private sector organization. Where a referral is made to a law enforcement agency about link(s) in 6.1. above, the exchange of information occurs bi-laterally between the law enforcement agency and the affected organization(s). When links between participating private sector organizations are identified each organization is asked to confirm if its contact information, case reference number and the fact it may be affected by the same criminality as another organization(s) may be referred to the other organization(s). On receipt of the necessary authority IPCU staff inform nominated representatives of each of the affected organizations that their information may have links with that submitted by another organization(s). Only contact information and case reference numbers are referred to the relevant organizations. IPCU staff do not disclose the nature of the information. Bi-lateral discussions take place at the discretion of the parties concerned. If asked, and it is appropriate to do so, IPCU staff will participate in bi-lateral discussions between affected parties In the event IPCU identifies a major criminal conspiracy affecting a number of participating private sector organizations it may organize an operational working group meeting to enable affected organizations to identify a collective response to the identified criminality. INTERPOL will not publically disclose the identity of individual multinational industries or other participating entities that provide information for the Database on International Intellectual Property (DIIP) Crime without the explicit authority of the relevant industry or entity. This is to protect the confidentiality and proprietary interests of those entities that work with INTERPOL. Names of cross-industry associations or representative bodies that contribute data to the Database on International Intellectual Property (DIIP) Crime may be disclosed with the explicit authority of the relevant association or body. Criminal analysis is used to develop regional and global strategic IP crime reports. Strategic reports do not contain nominal information. Strategic reports do not contain proprietary information which could be used to identify an individual private sector organization. Strategic reports are used to illustrate the nature and extent of transnational organized IP crime and provide policy makers with an overview of counterfeiting and piracy. IPCU measure submissions received from participating private sector organizations for inclusion in DIIP. IPCU measure the number and nature of possible links arising from comparison between DIIP data and ICIS IPCU measure the number and nature of confirmed links arising from criminal analysis. IPCU measure the number of intelligence packages produced. IPCU measure the number of referrals made to participating private sector organizations.
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