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<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">This
is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning 17/07/2017.</font></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 19.600000381469727px; max-width: 100%;"
class=""><font face="Arial"><span style="max-width: 100%;"
class="">ORG’s work</span></font></h2>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">Javier Ruiz ran workshops
on social media regulation at the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text" href="http://www.shareconference.net/carnival/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Digital-born
Media Carnival</a>, which took place 14-18 July in
Kotor, Montenegro. The event was organised by the OSCE
Mission to Serbia in partnership with the SHARE
Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.</font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">ORG Scotland, together with
medConfidential, submitted a response to the
consultation launched by the Scottish Parliament's
Health and Sport Committee regarding the NHS Scotland's
Digital Strategy. You can read the response in full <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://scotland.openrightsgroup.org/policy/2017/07/19/response-to-nhs-scotlands-digital-health-and-social-care-strategy/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">here</a>.</font></li>
</ul>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Planned
local group events:</font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">Join <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/events/241315888/?rv=ea1&_af=event&_af_eid=241315888&https=on"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">ORG
Birmingham</a> for a workshop where we'll be offering
free practical advice for replacing (or at least
supplementing) Google services with independent services
which do a better job of respecting your privacy and
reduce your dependence on the internet giant. They will
be meeting on 24 July.</font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">Join <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Cambridge/events/241315668/?rv=ea2&_af=event&_af_eid=241315668&https=on"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">ORG
Cambridge</a> on 1 August for their monthly meetup to
discuss the current state of digital rights, what
they've done in the past month, and what they are
planning to do in the upcoming months.</font></li>
</ul>
<h2>Official meetings</h2>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">Jim Killock and Pam Cowburn
attended meetings with ISPA, BT and TalkTalk regarding
the ORG’s project <a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/" style="color:
rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Blocked</a> which
provides a tool for people to check whether their
website is being blocked by the main UK ISPs.</font></li>
</ul>
<h2>Parliament</h2>
<h3><font face="Arial">Government has started implementing age
verification</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Matt
Hancock, <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-07-17/HCWS51"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">announced
this week that they have started takings steps to
implement the new age verification</a> requirement for
online pornography which was passed in the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2017"
title="Digital Economy Act 2017" style="color: rgb(0,
80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Digital Economy Act
2017</a>.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Hancock
said that the scheme, due to its complexity, will not be
fully in place until April 2018. The Government brought
into force powers to designate the regulator and powers to
allow guidance to be issued.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
Digital Economy Act passed earlier this year, whilst
issues around age verification regarding privacy and
censorship have not been resolved. Despite several
concerns from the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/DPRR_Committee_Report_on_Digital_Economy_Bill"
title="DPRR Committee Report on Digital Economy Bill"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Parliament’s
Committees</a>, the Government decided not to include
requirements for age verification providers to incorporate
privacy protections.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Neither
the Act nor the Codes of Practice specify what type of age
verification method can be used by websites. This can <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/17/age-checks-introduced-porn-websites-uk-credit-card-details"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">negatively
impact the free and fair market for age verification</a>.
Such setup would make it possible for bigger pornographic
website operators (e.g.MindGeek) to become dominant on the
age verification market.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">MindGeek,
who owns PornHub, YouPorn and other brands, is developing
their own age verification tool. Without any meaningful
privacy safeguards, there is a risk they would use the
data collected through age verification for profiling.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
age verification policy also allows for blocking of
non-compliant websites without court orders.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">You
can find out more about the age verification clauses in
the DEAct and remaining issues on our <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2017"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Wiki
page</a>.</font></p>
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normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial;"><font face="Arial"
size="-1"><span class="mw-headline"
id="Lords.E2.80.99_Committee_calls_for_EU_data_adequacy_agreement"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none;
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line-height: inherit;">Lords’ Committee calls for EU
data adequacy agreement</span></font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee presented
their report <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldeucom/7/702.htm"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">‘Brexit:
The EU data protection package’</a> earlier this week.
In the report, the Committee warns that the UK will be at
a competitive disadvantage if legal uncertainty prevents
an unhindered flow of data with the EU Member States.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/18/uk_government_eu_data_flows_report/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Government
previously stated that they plan to maintain
uninterrupted data flows</a>; however the Committee
points out that there is an immense lack of detail on how
the Government plans to deliver the outcome.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
Committee recommends that the most effective way to
achieve it would be through an adequacy decision by the
European Commission. The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.ukauthority.com/data4good/entry/7338/lords-call-for-action-on-post-brexit-data-flows"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">decision
would confirm that the UK’s data protection rules are
equivalent</a> to the standard protection of the EU. The
Peers believe that this would provide stability and
certainty for businesses.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">It
is possible that the UK after leaving the EU will be held
to higher data protection standards than a Member State.
The European Commission takes into account a broader range
of data protection regulations, including national
security legislation, for adequacy decisions. Member
states can use certain exemptions. The Committee
recommends putting in place a transitional arrangement.</font></p>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Peers also recognised that the
EU-US Privacy Shield will not apply to the UK anymore.</font>
<blockquote style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left;
line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font
face="Arial" size="-1">”Because of EU rules for onward
transfers, securing unhindered flows of data with the EU
may require the UK also to demonstrate that it has put
arrangements in place with the US that afford the same
level of protection as the Privacy Shield and the Umbrella
Agreement. As regards data-sharing for commercial
purposes, we note the approach taken by Switzerland, which
has secured both an adequacy decision from the EU and a
mirror of the Privacy Shield agreement with the US.”</font><br>
</blockquote>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
Committee also recognised that <a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.ukauthority.com/data4good/entry/7333/parliament-to-warn-over-post-brexit-intelligence-data"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">national
security could be put at risk</a> if the Government
fails to obtain an adequacy decision that would authorise
data flow. Without an agreement, the UK would need to
strike separate deals with individual police forces and
intelligence services.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
EU General Data Protection Regulation will come into force
in May 2018. The UK will be implementing it and the
Government is currently deciding on which derogations they
will include. The Government announced in the Queen’s
Speech that they will introduce the Data Protection Bill
later this year.</font></p>
<h2>Europe</h2>
<h3>CJEU will decide on the “right to be forgotten”</h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The
French highest administrative <a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.politico.eu/article/french-court-refers-google-privacy-case-to-ecj/?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=4336b49370-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-4336b49370-189898533"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">court
referred the case involving Google and the scope of the
application of the right to be forgotten</a> to the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice"
title="European Court of Justice" class="mw-redirect"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">European
Court of Justice</a> (CJEU).</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">The <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/CJEU"
title="CJEU" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(0,
80, 156); text-decoration: none;">CJEU</a> ruled earlier
that people in the EU should be allowed to demand search
engines remove links to content concerning themselves
under certain circumstances, and taking into account the
right of others to access information. The French case now
seeks a decision on whether search engines should apply
the right to be forgotten across all of their searches
worldwide.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">If
the CJEU will rule that the right should not be applied
globally, they will also have to determine how the right
to be forgotten is to be applied in the EU. In any case,
it will be difficult to enforce the ruling outside of the
region.</font></p>
<h2>UK Parliament questions</h2>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on sanctions for cyber attacks</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Grahame_Morris_MP"
title="Grahame Morris MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Grahame Morris MP</a> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-06.3528.h&s=cyber#g3528.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
if the Government will push for a policy of sanctioning
any state actors found to be involved in international
cyber attacks in the United Nations.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Alan_Duncan_MP"
title="Alan Duncan MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Alan Duncan MP</a> responded
that the UK will consider all options available under
international law in responding to cyber attacks by state
actors. At the moment, the Government is working with the
EU on a Framework for a Joint EU Diplomatic Response to
Malicious Cyber Activity. The framework will state the
range of diplomatic, political and economic measures
available to the EU and the Member States to combat state
sanctioned cyber attacks.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on public awareness of online
risks</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Liz
Saville-Roberts <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-12.4576.h&s=Information+Commissioner+ICO#g4576.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
what steps they are taking to educate the public of the
potential dangers of posting their personal information
online.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80,
156); text-decoration: none;">Matthew Hancock MP</a> responded
that a new curriculum was deployed in 2014 teaching pupils
how to use technology safely and respectfully. The
Government's National Cyber Security Strategy funds the
Cyber Aware campaign which works to encourage the public
to adopt more secure online behaviour.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on extremist propaganda</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Greg_Knight_MP"
title="Greg Knight MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Greg Knight MP</a> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-04.2759.h&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g2759.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the
Department has been doing to tackle terrorist and
extremist propaganda through social media, the Internet
and other online sources.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Sarah_Newton"
title="Sarah Newton" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Sarah Newton</a> responded that
the Government continues to work with technology companies
to encourage them to be more proactive in tackling
terrorist material on the Internet. Some of the largest
Internet companies have set up the Global Internet Forum
to Counter Terrorism in June 2017. The Government will
continue to engage regularly with industry to ensure
sustained positive impact in tackling propaganda.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on cybercrime</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Nick
Thomas-Symonds <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-10.3800.h&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g3800.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps
they have been taking to help the public to protect
themselves against the threat of cyber crime.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Ben_Wallace_MP"
title="Ben Wallace MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Ben Wallace MP</a> responded
that additionally to the Cyber Aware campaign funded by
the National Cyber Security Strategy, the National Cyber
Security Centre are also developing a series of Active
Cyber Defence measures, to be implemented by the industry
that will block, disrupt and neutralise malicious cyber
activity before it reaches users.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on the Data Ethics Commission</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Greg_Knight_MP"
title="Greg Knight MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Greg Knight MP</a> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-11.4325.h&s=%22data+protection%22"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
what plans the Department has to set up a Data Ethics
Commission.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80,
156); text-decoration: none;">Matthew Hancock MP</a> responded
that the Government is considering the British Academy and
Royal Society’s <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://royalsociety.org/%7E/media/policy/projects/data-governance/data-management-governance.pdf"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">report</a> on
the issue at the moment.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on the National Cyber Security
Centre</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Nick
Thomas-Symonds <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-10.3801.h&s=cyber#g3801.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Minister for the Cabinet Office, if they will ensure that
the activity and work of the National Cyber Security
Center is regularly reviewed and whether they plan to
measure the effectiveness of the NCSC.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Caroline
Nokes responded that the NCSC reports quarterly to the
Cyber and Government Security Directorate of the Cabinet
Office on the delivery of its objectives against the
National Cyber Security Strategy.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on cybercrime and local police
forces</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Alex
Norris MP <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-11.4153.h&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g4153.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets
have been set for the local police forces to tackle
cybercrime and how this will be funded.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Ben_Wallace_MP"
title="Ben Wallace MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Ben Wallace MP</a> responded
that the Home Office tries to not place unnecessary
bureaucratic burdens on the police and for that reason
scrapped the central targets. The Strategic Policing
Requirement provides a framework for consistent,
collective decision making by forces, but leaves the
specifics of how this should be achieved to Chief
Constable.</font></p>
<h3>Question on social media and children</h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Chris
Elmore <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-11.4187.h&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g4187.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for Digital. Culture, Media and Sport,
whether they plan to introduce regulation of access to
social media by children.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80,
156); text-decoration: none;">Matthew Hancock MP</a> responded
that the forthcoming Data Protection Bill will introduce a
set of new rights. This will include consideration of
where to set the age at which children can consent to
their data being processed on social media sites.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on electronic surveillance of
persons under 17</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Liz
Saville-Roberts <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-12.4484.h&s=Electronic+Surveillance"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
what is the Government’s policy on permitting monitoring
of a digital device registered to a person aged 17 or less
for the purposes of obtaining information about a third
person in England and Wales.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80,
156); text-decoration: none;">Matthew Hancock MP</a> responded
that both individuals and organisations monitoring devices
registered to persons aged 17 and under must comply with
the Data Protection Act’s eight data protection
principles.</font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial">Question on the EC Directive</font></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1">Patricia
Gibson <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-07-07.3632.h&s=privacy#g3632.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a> the
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
what the timetable is for the consultation on amending the
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation 2003 to
introduce director liability for breaches of that
regulation.</font></p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80,
156); text-decoration: none;">Matthew Hancock MP</a> responded
that they intend to consult over the summer on making the
necessary changes to the regulation. The Government
intends to introduce the legislation by the end of the
year.</font></p>
<h2><font face="Arial">ORG media coverage</font></h2>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><i>See <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_Press_Coverage"
title="ORG Press Coverage" style="color: rgb(0, 80,
156); text-decoration: none;">ORG Press Coverage</a> for
full details.</i></font></p>
<dl>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-12-Global Comment-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://globalcomment.com/great-british-firewall/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">The
great British firewall</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Steve Shaw</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: ORG mentioned in
relation to the 2013 research into opt-in filters.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-12-New Statesman-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2017/07/hate-buffering-love-porn-please-care-about-net-neutrality"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Hate
buffering? Love porn? Please care about net neutrality</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Amelia Tait</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: ORG mentioned in
relation to the DEAct’s provisions on online pornography
having implications for freedom of expression.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-Alphr-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.alphr.com/security/1001206/ashley-madison-offers-to-pay-86-million-to-those-exposed-in-the-2015-dating-site"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Ashley
Madison offers to pay £8.6 million to those exposed in
the 2015 dating site hack</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Thomas McMullan</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the hacking of private information about people’s sex
lives having huge repercussions for those involved.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-The Sun-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/4038674/new-online-piracy-laws-penalties-illegal-download-film-tv-jail/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Illegally
downloading films and TV from the internet could land
you TEN YEARS in jail under tough new laws</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Guy Birchall</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: ORG mentioned in
relation to our correspondence with the Intellectual
Property Office and online copyright infringement
offences in the DEAct.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-Wral-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.wral.com/britain-to-make-porn-sites-check-that-users-are-at-least-18/16824014/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Britain
to make porn sites check that users are at least 18</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-The Guardian-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/17/age-checks-introduced-porn-websites-uk-credit-card-details"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Privacy
campaigners criticise UK plan for age checks on porn
websites</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Jamie Grierson</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-The Independent-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/porn-website-adult-video-age-checks-verification-viewing-history-government-a7845446.html"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Porn
Websites Could leak Viewing History Because of
Government Age Check Plans, Experts Warn</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Andrew Griffin</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-IT Pro-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/it-legislation/29067/mandatory-age-checks-for-uk-porn-sites-to-be-unveiled-today"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Mandatory
age checks for UK porn sites to be unveiled today</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Thomas McMullan</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-Free Press
Series-<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/national/15416100.Powers_to_enforce_age_checks_by_pornography_sites_a_step_closer/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Powers
to enforce age checks by pornography sites a step
closer</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-Ars Technica-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2017/07/age-verification-porn-digital-economy-act/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Porn
fan? From next April you’ll have to prove your age
with a credit card</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Kelly Fiveash</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-Business
Insider-<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/uk-age-verification-porn-filter-ashley-madison-style-hacks-campaigners-2017-7?r=US&IR=T"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">The
UK's new porn filter could lead to 'Ashley
Madison'-style hacks</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Rob Price</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-17-Mirror-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/porn-websites-forced-introduce-age-10814377"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Porn
websites must introduce compulsory age checks for
visitors by April 2018 or face huge fines</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Jeff Parsons</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-18-Telegraph-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/07/17/porn-websites-uk-ordered-introduce-age-checks-next-year/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">UK
porn websites told to introduce age checks amid
warning that users' viewing history could be leaked
online</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-18-Scottish Legal
News-<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.scottishlegal.com/2017/07/18/adult-websites-to-introduce-age-checks-by-april-2018/#"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Adult
websites to introduce age checks by April 2018</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-18-Reason-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://reason.com/blog/2017/07/18/want-to-look-at-online-porn-the-uk-govt"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Want
to Look at Online Porn? The U.K. Gov't Wants to Strip
You of Your Privacy</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Scott Shackford</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-18-Sky News-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://news.sky.com/story/academics-doubt-value-of-online-porn-age-checks-10952614"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Academics
doubt value of online porn age checks</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Alexander J Martin</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-19-Express-<a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/830590/Online-Porn-PornHub-YouPorn-Warning-Government-Age-Check"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">PORN
WARNING - Your web history could be LEAKED online
thanks to new 18+ age checks</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Aaron Brown</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the information collected by the age verification
systems being vulnerable to Ashley-Madison style hacks.</font></dd>
<dt><font face="Arial" size="-1">2017-07-20-Bloomberg
BusinessWeek-<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-20/world-leaders-seek-broad-powers-to-get-around-encryption"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">World
Leaders Seek Broad Powers to Get Around Encryption</a></font></dt>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Author: Dune Lawrence</font></dd>
<dd><font face="Arial" size="-1">Summary: Jim Killock quoted
on the Government organising an international consensus
to make changes to encryption.</font></dd>
</dl>
<h2><font face="Arial">ORG Contact Details</font></h2>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height:
1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Staff
page</a></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#jim"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Jim
Killock, Executive Director</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#javier"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Javier
Ruiz, Policy</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#ed"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Ed
Johnson-Williams, Campaigns</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#pam"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Pam
Cowburn, Communications</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#lee"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Lee
Maguire, Tech</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#myles"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Myles
Jackman, Legal Director</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#charlie"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Charlie
Tunmore, Supporter Officer</a></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">Slavka Bielikova, Policy
Officer</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="-1">Matthew Rice, Scotland
Director</font></li>
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