Safety+in+the+Internet

= Safety in the Internet =

**The Internet – the largest database worldwide!** One of the favorite hobbies to deal with in the leisure time is, what a question, the cyberspace. Using the Internet has got a wide range from „Chatting" or downloading games up to the appropriate search for any kind of information or ordering goods via Internet. Online-banking and selling goods by putting them up for Internet auctions have increased rapidly. The worldwide data network not only guarantees an easy and quick access for information, it supports creativity and the ability to communicate and ensures active using of multi- media offers – **using the Internets also takes risks.** Within the last years the Saxon police force stated more cases of improper Internet-using.

Improper Internet-using
Internet crime comprises, in general, all criminal offences where parts of the EDP including elements of an offence (computer crime). Furthermore, it contains criminal offences where information- and communication technology will/ is/ was used for planning, preparing or committing crime. ||
 * **A definition of Internet crime:**