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<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">This is ORG's Policy Update for the
week beginning 16/10/2017.</p>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work">ORG’s work</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>Save the date for ORGCon 2017 - it will take place on
Saturday 4 November at Friends House on Euston Road in
London. We have a second smaller event planned on Sunday 5
November in a different location (TBC). This year is all
about the Digital Fightback. Confirmed speakers include
Graham Linehan, Noel Sharkey, Helen Lewis, Jamie Bartlett
and Nanjira Sambuli.<span> </span><a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://orgcon.openrightsgroup.org/" style="color:
rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Tickets are on
sale now</a>!</li>
</ul>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Planned local group events:</p>
<ul>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Aberdeen/events/244227806/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">ORG
Aberdeen</a><span> </span>and FSFE Aberdeen are organising
a Cryptonoise event on 26 October. Join them to discuss
current digital rights issues and learn how you can help to
protect your rights.</li>
<li>Join<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/events/244094596/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">ORG
Birmingham</a><span> </span>for a Halloween social on 30
October. Fancy dress is encouraged! They will be organising
some spooky games and activities before heading to a pub.</li>
<li>Next<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Glasgow/events/243941706/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">ORG
Glasgow</a><span> </span>monthly meetup will be on 2
November. The local group will discuss new ideas for public
events and presentations.</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official
meetings</span></h3>
<ul>
<li>Jim Killock attended an introductory meeting with the
Investigatory Powers Commissioner.</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK Parliament</span></h3>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="Labour_tabled_an_amendment_implementing_Article_80.282.29">Labour
tabled an amendment implementing Article 80(2)</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The Data Protection Bill will be
scrutinised in the Committee in the House of Lords on 30
October.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Last week, the Bill was<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.ukauthority.com/data4good/entry/7562/data-protection-reform-faces-rough-parliamentary-ride"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">read
the second time</a><span> </span>in the HoL (transcripts<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2017-10-10a.123.3&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g156.0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">1</a>,<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2017-10-10a.169.3&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g212.0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">2</a>).</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">ORG prepared a<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/ourwork/reports/open-rights-group-briefing-on-the-data-protection-bill-hol-second-reading"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">briefing</a><span> </span>prior
to the debate. We have argued for the need of implementing the<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation"
title="General Data Protection Regulation" style="color:
rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">General Data
Protection Regulation</a><span> </span>Article 80(2). The
article would allow independent privacy bodies to bring
complaints on behalf of consumers without the need of a named
data subject. This provision could be instrumental in
investigating harmful data processing practices.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The debate showed cross-party support
for the implementation of the article in order to improve
consumer rights. However, the Government indicated that they
do not intend to bring the provision forward.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Labour have already<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0066/18066-RL.pdf"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">tabled
an amendment</a><span> </span>that would make it possible
for independent privacy bodies to raise complaints on behalf
of users without having a named data subject.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">This amendment is only for processing
that applies to GDPR, which is a good start. However, it is
necessary to get the same power for independent privacy bodies
for processing that does not apply to GDPR. ORG intends to
work closely with Peers to develop that language</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The Bill, however, has more issues that
need to be addressed. These include:</p>
<ul>
<li>The lack of<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/2017/10/dp-bills-new-immigration-exemption-can-put-eu-citizens-seeking-a-right-to-remain-at-considerable-dis.html"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">a
“representative”</a>. Originally, the EU’s General Data
Protection Regulation covers the processing of personal data
of EU data subjects by data controllers (companies) not
established in the EU. In such circumstances, the EU
requires companies who are based outside of the EU but wish
to offer services to people in the EU to establish a
representative in a Member State. Without a “representative”
it will be impossible to enforce all rights and obligations
on non-UK companies offering services to the people in the
UK if something goes wrong.</li>
<li>Too wide exemption for processing of data for immigration
purposes removes any obligation on the collector to provide
information to the individual, before during, or after
collection, or to abide by the seven data protection
principles. The exemption also removes the right for the
individual to request the information held about them from a
data controller.</li>
<li>One of the conditions for processing special categories of
personal data is “substantial public interest”, however, the
Bill does not include a definition of substantial public
interest.</li>
<li>National Security Certificates - provisions in the Bill
include even wider exemptions than those in the current Data
Protection Act.</li>
<li>Unfettered powers for cross-border transfers of personal
data by intelligence agencies without appropriate levels of
protection.</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_national_developments">Other
national developments</span></h3>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="MI5_.26_MI6_might_be_sharing_bulk_data_illegally">MI5
& MI6 might be sharing bulk data illegally</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">A challenge brought to the<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Tribunal"
title="Investigatory Powers Tribunal" style="color: rgb(0,
80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Investigatory Powers
Tribunal</a><span> </span>by<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy_International"
title="Privacy International" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Privacy International</a><span> </span>alleges
that<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/17/uk-spy-agencies-intelligence-mi5-mi6-law-data-sharing-tribunal"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">MI5
and MI6 sharing bulk personal data with their foreign
partners is illegal</a>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The argument behind the challenge is
that most of the bulk personal datasets relate to UK citizens
who are not of legitimate intelligence interest. GCHQ requires
its foreign partners to adopt the equivalent level of
safeguards but MI5 and MI6 do not follow the same practices.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Documents revealed that the agencies
did not inform watchdogs of sharing bulk personal datasets and
bulk communications data with third parties. The<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/18/spy_agencies_kept_oversight_bodies_in_the_dark_over_datasharing_with_industry/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">letter
from the newly appointed Investigatory Powers Commissioner
Lord Justice Fulford</a><span> </span>declares that his
predecessors he Intelligence Services Commissioner (ISCom) and
the Interception of Communications Commissioner (IOCCO) were
informed of such practice.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The Tribunal hearing continues.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Europe">Europe</span></h3>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="LIBE_Committee_maintains_good_levels_of_privacy_protection_in_ePrivacy_Regulation">LIBE
Committee maintains good levels of privacy protection in
ePrivacy Regulation</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The European Union has been in the
process of updating the ePrivacy regulation. The new proposal
from the<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/European_Commission"
title="European Commission" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">European Commission</a><span> </span>was
voted on in the leading Committee for Civil Liberties (LIBE).</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">LIBE passed the Report on the ePrivacy
Regulation and voted in favour of all the compromise
amendments from the opposition MEPs. In this instance,
compromise amendments have improved the level of privacy
offered to the EU citizens.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The report as amended by the LIBE
Committee will next be voted on in Plenary of the<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/European_Parliament"
title="European Parliament" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">European Parliament</a><span> </span>by
all MEPs. Then the ePrivacy Regulation will be discussed with
the Member States in the Council.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Prior to the vote in the Committee,
various Internet companies who benefit from tracking their
users were heavily lobbying the EU officials. This<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2017/10/big-data-watching-you"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">report
by the Corporate Europe Observatory</a><span> </span>shows
in detail which companies were in touch with the European
Commission about their proposals.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">It is important the revised ePrivacy
rules maintain at the minimum the same level of protection
that is offered to the EU citizens by the General Data
Protection Regulation. The ePrivacy is a specialised
legislation which complements the more general GDPR
legislation. This means that<span> </span><a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://iapp.org/news/a/will-the-eprivacy-reg-overshadow-the-gdpr-in-the-age-of-iot/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">when
the two regulations contain rules for the same situation</a>,
the ePrivacy rules should take precedence. If the levels of
protection provided by the two legislations differ, the
ePrivacy is likely to end up in front of the<span> </span><a
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><span> </span>which could invalidate the
rules.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="Civil_rights_groups_sign_an_open_letter_against_Article_13_of_Copyright_Reform">Civil
rights groups sign an open letter against Article 13 of
Copyright Reform</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">ORG together with other organisations
signed an<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.eff.org/files/2017/10/16/openletteroncopyrightdirective_final.pdf"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">open
letter to President of the European Commission Jean-Claude
Juncker</a><span> </span>and other EU officials regarding
the proposals for compulsory proactive copyright filters.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The plans to modernise the European
copyright (as part of the Digital Single Market strategy)
include new proposals (Article 13 of the Copyright Reform)
that would require some online service providers to
proactively detect and filter allegedly infringing copyright
works, uploaded to their platforms by users.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The<span> </span><a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://torrentfreak.com/abandon-proactive-copyright-filters-huge-coalition-tells-eu-heavyweights-171017/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">letter
emphasises that the obligations placed on Internet companies</a><span> </span>and
Internet service providers will inevitably lead to mistakes
made due to caution. Upload filter, as defined by Article 13,
does not allow for the application of any of the exceptions to
copyright.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">This provision requires Internet
companies to police copyright infringement. This approach will
lead to overblocking since the companies will face fines if
they fail to remove infringing content.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The letter also warns that Article 13
could also be illegal since it contradicts case law of the<span> </span><a
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>. The e-Commerce Directive already
requires Internet companies to remove infringing content once
they have been notified of its existence. Article 13 would
force the monitoring of uploads. This would go against the ‘no
general obligation to monitor‘ rules present in the Directive
and would violate freedom of expression set out in Article 11
of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Previously,<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://edri.org/six-states-raise-concerns-about-legality-of-copyright-directive/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">six
Member States</a><span> </span>(Belgium, Czech Republic,
Finland, Hungary, Ireland and the Netherlands) submitted their
questions on proportionality and compatibility of the new
clauses with the existing law.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The vote in the European Parliament on
the Copyright Reform is scheduled for November.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="EU_approves_Privacy_Shield_in_the_annual_review">EU
approves Privacy Shield in the annual review</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/European_Commission"
title="European Commission" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">European Commission</a><span> </span>conducted
the first annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement.
The review was assessing whether the US commitment to the
protection of the European citizens’ data is sufficiently
protected when transferred from the EU to the US.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The results of the review show that the
Commission believes the data sharing agreement continues to
ensure adequate protection of Europeans’ personal data.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">However, it has been<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/eu-us-privacy-shield-pact-to-pass-first-annual-review/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">reported
that the Commission will make some recommendations</a>.
Among others, the Commission wants to suggest to the US
improvements regarding the practical implementation of the
Privacy Shield through a tougher monitoring of the compliance
of companies with its privacy rules.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The EU Commissioner Věra Jourová
previously stated that she wants the US to appoint a privacy
ombudsperson who would deal with complaints from EU citizens
about the US.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Questions_in_the_UK_Parliament">Questions in the UK
Parliament</span></h3>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_on_the_responsibility_of_Internet_companies">Question
on the responsibility of Internet companies</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Wendy Morton MP<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2017-10-16a.575.0&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g575.6"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a><span> </span>the
Minister of State for the Home Department, whether he agrees
that some of the world’s leading Internet companies could do
more to ensure that extremist propaganda is taken down
immediately.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a
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><span> </span>responded
that Internet companies could do more with their technology,
could do much more to recognise that they have a
responsibility for content that is hosted on their sites, and
they could do more to take it down.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_on_Equifax">Question
on Equifax</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Jon Trickett<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-10-06.105514.h&s=%22data+protection%22#g105514.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a><span> </span>the
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what
steps the Government is taking to improve protection for
people's private data and finances as a result of the Equifax
data breach.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a
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><span> </span>responded
that the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published
updated advice on its website, advising members of the public
on password re-use, avoiding related phishing emails and
fraudulent phone calls, as well as giving information on how
to report a cyber incident to Action Fraud.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_on_personal_data">Question
on personal data</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Stephen Gethins<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-10-06.106383.h&s=%22data+protection%22"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a><span> </span>the
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether it
is his policy to refrain from entering any UK-EU model for
exchanging and protecting personal data if the framework
requires oversight from the European Court of Justice.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Robin_Walker_MP"
title="Robin Walker MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Robin Walker MP</a><span> </span>responded
that they will bring an end to the direct jurisdiction of the
CJEU. Walker said that they will respect the internal judicial
processes of the EU just as we respect the internal judicial
processes of our other international partners.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_on_data_protection">Question
on data protection</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Darren Jones<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-10-09.106646.h&s=Digital+Government#g106646.q0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a><span> </span>the
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what
oversight and powers the Government will have in relation to
guidance issued by the Information Commissioner on the
application of the General Data Protection Regulation.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a
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><span> </span>responded
that the Data Protection Bill will require the Information
Commissioner to prepare statutory data sharing and direct
marketing codes of practice. The Secretary of State may also
require the Commissioner to prepare additional codes giving
guidance on good practice in other data processing areas.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_on_counter-terrorism">Question
on counter-terrorism</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Jim_Cunningham_MP"
title="Jim Cunningham MP" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Jim Cunningham MP</a><span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2017-10-17a.702.5&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g702.9"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a><span> </span>the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what
recent steps they have taken to support the implementation of
the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy overseas.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson_MP"
title="Boris Johnson MP" class="mw-redirect" style="color:
rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Boris Johnson MP</a><span> </span>responded
that the Prime Minister has been leading in countering online
radicalisation and taking more than 270,000 pieces of illegal
terrorist material off the internet.</p>
<h4><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_on_pupils.E2.80.99_personal_records">Question
on pupils’ personal records</span></h4>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Darren Jones<span> </span><a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-10-10.106877.h&s=%28internet+OR+cyber+OR+computer+OR+web+OR+surveillance+OR+copywrite+OR+%22data+sharing%22%29#g106877.r0"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">asked</a><span> </span>the
Secretary of State Education, whether third party
organisations have access to data on the National Pupil
Database (NPD).</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Nick Dibbs responded that the
Department may legally share the NPD, or parts of it, with
third parties, using powers set out in Section 537A of the
Education Act 1997 and the Education (Individual Pupil
Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009.
Organisations requesting access under those powers must show
how it will be used to promote pupils’ education, through
evidence or research.</p>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Dibbs said that where the police or
Home Office have evidence that a child may be at risk or
evidence of criminal activity, limited data including a
pupil’s address and school details may be requested from the
NPD.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_media_coverage">ORG media
coverage</span></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><i>See<span> </span><a
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><span> </span>for
full details.</i></p>
<dl>
<dt style="font-weight: bold;">2017-10-13-ISP Review-<a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/10/uk-isp-filters-criticised-blocking-lots-safe-legal-websites.html"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">UK
ISP Filters Criticised for Blocking Lots of Safe and Legal
Websites</a></dt>
<dd>Summary: ORG mentioned in relation to Blocked - project
identifying unjustly blocked websites by ISPs.</dd>
<dd>Topics:<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_censorship"
title="Online censorship" class="mw-redirect"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Online
censorship</a></dd>
<dt style="font-weight: bold;">2017-10-14-Breitbart-<a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/14/british-police-arrest-at-least-3395-people-for-offensive-online-comments-one-year/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">British
Police Arrest At Least 3,395 People for ‘Offensive’ Online
Comments in One Year</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Jack Montghomery</dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted on “offensive” comments being
an insufficient ground for prosecution.</dd>
<dd>Topics:<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_censorship"
title="Online censorship" class="mw-redirect"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Online
censorship</a></dd>
<dt style="font-weight: bold;">2017-10-16-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/16/power_imbalance_between_companies_and_users_poses_risk_to_people_and_society_report/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Huge
power imbalance between firms and users whose info they
grab</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Rebecca Hill</dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted on mass data gathering to have
huge effects on things like competition between companies
and access to services.</dd>
<dd>Topics:<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection"
title="Data protection" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Data protection</a></dd>
<dt style="font-weight: bold;">2017-10-17-IPPro-<a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.ipprotheinternet.com/ipprotheinternetnews/article.php?article_id=5670"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Article
13 of DSM proposals should be deleted, says the EFF</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Barney Dixon</dd>
<dd>Summary: ORG mentioned in relation to a letter against
Article 13 signed by civil liberties organisations.</dd>
<dd>Topics:<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Copyright"
title="Copyright" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Copyright</a></dd>
<dt style="font-weight: bold;">2017-10-19-Complete Music
Update-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/now-the-digital-rights-groups-write-to-the-eu-about-safe-harbour-reform/"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Now
the digital rights groups write to the EU about safe
harbour reform</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Chris Cooke</dd>
<dd>Summary: ORG mentioned in relation to a letter against
Article 13 signed by civil liberties organisations.</dd>
<dd>Topics:<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Copyright"
title="Copyright" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Copyright</a></dd>
<dt style="font-weight: bold;">2017-10-19-Torrent Freak-<a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-joins-internet-organization-that-controls-top-level-domain-171019/#comment-3574676736"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Anti-Piracy
Group Joins Internet Organization That Controls Top-Level
Domain</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Andy</dd>
<dd>Summary: ORG mentioned in relation to a letter against
Article 13 signed by civil liberties organisations.</dd>
<dd>Topics:<span> </span><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Copyright"
title="Copyright" style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156);
text-decoration: none;">Copyright</a></dd>
</dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_Contact_Details">ORG
Contact Details</span></h3>
<p style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff"
style="color: rgb(0, 80, 156); text-decoration: none;">Staff
page</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a 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></li>
<li><a 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></li>
<li><a 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></li>
<li><a 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></li>
<li><a 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></li>
<li>Matthew Rice, Scotland Director</li>
<li>Slavka Bielikova, Policy Officer</li>
<li>Mike Morel, Communications Officer</li>
</ul>
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