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<p>This is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning
20/11/2017. </p>
<p>If you are reading this online, you can also
subscribe to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://lists.openrightsgroup.org/listinfo/parliamentary.monitor"
moz-do-not-send="true">email version or
unsubscribe</a>. </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work">ORG’s
work</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>ORG is running a petition against the
Government’s proposals to criminalise repeated
viewing of online terrorist propaganda and
compelling internet companies to police their own
networks. ORG started a petition against the
Government’s proposals to criminalise repeated
viewing of online terrorist propaganda and
compelling internet companies to police their own
networks. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/censorship-and-control-are-not-answer-extremism"
moz-do-not-send="true">Sign the petition here!</a></li>
<li>In case you couldn’t come to ORGCon, you can now
watch the talks online! <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6VTrBpE_kA&list=PLY9gENnF8uiXdeFQtEA-Ge0pd7DtAsx4T"
moz-do-not-send="true">Have a look at our
YouTube channel</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Planned local group events: </p>
<ul>
<li>Join <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Cambridge/events/244927140/"
moz-do-not-send="true">ORG Cambridge</a> on
Tuesday 5 December for a monthly meetup. They will
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.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Glasgow/events/244234443/"
moz-do-not-send="true">ORG Glasgow</a> will hold
their monthly meetup on Thursday 7 December at the
Electron Club. You will have an opportunity to
discuss current affairs and topics of interest and
to generate new ideas for public events and
presentations.</li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-London/events/243071922/"
moz-do-not-send="true">ORG London</a> are
hosting a presentation on the 'Cryptobar'
installation on Tuesday 12 December. Cryptobar is
a project aimed at spreading the word about
privacy (and privacy-enhacing technologies) in an
artistic and accessible way.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official
meetings</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Jim Killock spoke at a panel on Internet Safety
about the Government's Internet Safety Strategy
green paper at the <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://parliamentandinternet.org.uk/2017-conference/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Parliament & Internet
Conference 2017</a></li>
<li> Javier Ruiz spoke at <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.gdprscotland.com/"
moz-do-not-send="true">the GDPR Scotland
conference in Edinburgh</a> on how privacy
challenges are tackled by the forthcoming General
Data Protection Regulation.</li>
<li> Matthew Rice <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text" href="https://hacksoc.co.uk/about"
moz-do-not-send="true">gave a talk on equipment
interference</a> to the Abertay Ethical Hacking
Society at their weekly meeting.</li>
<li> Jim Killock, Myles Jackman and Alex Haydock met
with representatives from <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.avsecure.com/"
moz-do-not-send="true">AVSecure</a> to discuss
their age verification platform. Alec Muffett and
Pandora Blake also attended.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK
Parliament</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="DPBill_debate_in_the_HoL_Committee_continues">DPBill
debate in the HoL Committee continues</span></h3>
<p>The Data Protection Bill (DPBill) was debated in
two last Committee sittings in the House of Lords
this week. </p>
<p>The full transcripts from this week's sessions are
available from here: </p>
<ul>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2017-11-20b.12.6"
moz-do-not-send="true">20 November</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2017-11-22a.176.6"
moz-do-not-send="true">22 November</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Lords debated these sets of <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0066/18066-V.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">amendments</a>. </p>
<p>The current full text of the bill, as amended in
the Lords Committee stage is available <a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0074/18074.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">here</a>. </p>
<p>Report sittings will begin soon, on 11 December and
13 December. </p>
<p>The Committee debated amendments regarding the
implementation of the General Data Protection
Regulation Article 80(2). The amendment would allow
independent privacy bodies to represent data subject
without naming them. Two amendments were submitted
and supported by both Lib Dems and Labour. Amendment
184 would cover both processing of data which
applies under the General Data Protection Regulation
and outside of it. Amendment 185 only covers the
processing of data under the GDPR. </p>
<p>The two amendments have received a wider support
from the House. However, the Government stated that
they do not find it necessary to implement them
because the Data Protection Bill will allow
organisations to represent named data subjects (as
outlined in Article 80(1)). Additionally, Lord
Ashton of Hyde said that individuals have the
ability to independently complain to the Information
Commissioner where they have concerns. He called the
amendment premature as there is a need for an
analysis of other similar provisions in UK law. </p>
<p>Ashton further raised issues of what organisations
would be permitted to represent data subjects, their
motivation and trustworthiness. In a somewhat
puzzling way, Lord Ashton articulated the
Government's reluctance to implement Article 80(2)
due to the lack of consent from data subjects to be
represented. </p>
<blockquote>"To summarise, we have chosen not to adopt
article 80(2) because the Bill is based on the
premise of getting consent—but these amendments are
saying that, regardless of what the data subject
wants or whether they have given consent, other
organisations should be able to act on their behalf
without their consent. That is the Government’s
position and I hope that noble Lords will feel able
not to press their amendments.”</blockquote>
<p>Peers who put their names to both amendments showed
considerable bewilderement following Lord Aston's
explanation. Both amendments were withdrawn and are
likely to be brought in for a debate at the Report
stage. </p>
<p>Prior to the Report stage, both Baroness Williams
of Trafford and Lord Ashton of Hyde are due to
publish their letters giving more detail on how
exemption on the processing of data for immigration
purposes will be used in practice and what progress
has been made in regards to age verification
obligations as set out in the <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2017"
title="Digital Economy Act 2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">Digital Economy Act 2017</a>
respectively. </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline"
id="Other_national_developments">Other national
developments</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="National_advisory_body_for_artificial_intelligence">National
advisory body for artificial intelligence</span></h3>
<p>The UK Government <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/autumn-budget-2017-25-things-you-need-to-know"
moz-do-not-send="true">announced in the Autumn
Budget</a> that it intends to create a 'Centre for
Data Ethics and Innovation'. They claim the body
will "set standards for the use and ethics of AI and
data" and promote the UK as a world-leader in
"developing practical uses" for artificial
intelligence. </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Europe">Europe</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Civil_Liberties_Committee_rejects_.23censorshipmachine">Civil
Liberties Committee rejects #censorshipmachine</span></h3>
<p>This week, the European Parliament (EP) Committee
on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://edri.org/civil-liberties-committee-rejects-censorshipmachine/"
moz-do-not-send="true">voted against a section of
the Copyright Directive proposal</a>, that would
have required the establishment of mandatory 'upload
filters' on all EU-based sites that accept
user-uploaded content. </p>
<p>The function of the proposed filters would have
been to implement content recognition technologies
to 'filter' out uploads to sites which were
potentially in violation of copyright regulations. </p>
<p>The Committee's opinion addressed what it deemed
were the two most potentially damaging parts of the
proposal, by: </p>
a) rejecting the obligation to filter every single
upload to the internet using content recognition
technologies; and<br>
<br>
b) clarifying that measures to ensure enforcement of
licensing arrangements should not include general
monitoring obligations for internet companies.
<p>ORG and other organisations from across the EU have
previously called for removal of Article 13. Despite
not deleting Article 13, LIBE has has firmly opposed
the imposition of censorship machines in the
copyright proposal. Next, the Legal Affairs
Committee will discuss and vote on their report on
the copyright proposal. This is likely to take place
in on 24 or 25 January. </p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Consumer_Protection_Cooperation_Regulation">Consumer
Protection Cooperation Regulation</span></h3>
<p>The European Parliament passed a <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Consumer_Protection_Cooperation_Regulation"
moz-do-not-send="true">new Consumer Protection
Cooperation Regulation</a>, to serve as a
replacement for the previous 2004 regulations. It
aims to outline conditions under which the
authorities in EU member states which are
responsible for protecting consumer interests should
cooperate with each other and with the European
Commission to enhance the protection of consumers'
economic interests. </p>
<p>The regulations contain powers allowing for web
blocking and domain suspensions, which are specified
as being enforceable either as administrative powers
or through the courts. </p>
<p>While it is not clear that the new Regulation will
apply to the UK as a result of Brexit, it would
provide powers that could replace the current
“voluntary” procedures made between Nominet and
various consumer protection agencies, as well as the
police including PIPCU. </p>
<p>Arguably the existence of a requirement for these
powers should mean that the UK provides for a legal
framework to replace the current ad hoc
arrangements. </p>
<p>It would also however create a mechanism for much
more widespread use of web blocking for a range of
websites deemed to be harmful to the public. </p>
<p>In order to comply with the European Charter of
Fundamental Rights, takedowns and censorship powers
would need legal accountability. </p>
<p>It is not clear that administrative powers in the
regulation would be compliant with the Charter, as
rights for those affected by the takedown need to be
taken into account. </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline"
id="Questions_in_the_UK_Parliament">Questions in
the UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_on_internet_bullying">Question on
internet bullying</span></h3>
<p>Jim Shannon asked the Secretary of State for
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what steps they
have taken to address the issues caused by "internet
trolls". </p>
<p><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" moz-do-not-send="true">Matthew
Hancock MP</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-11-13.112772.h&s=Internet+section%3Awrans+section%3Awms"
moz-do-not-send="true">responded</a> that the
Government is considering a range of options to
counter internet harms, including an "Internet
Safety Strategy", published on 11 October. </p>
<p>He also responded that "the recently enacted
Digital Economy Act will help to ensure that online
abuse is effectively tackled by requiring a social
media code of practice to be established." </p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_on_anonymity_networks">Question on
anonymity networks</span></h3>
<p><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Chris_Evans_MP"
title="Chris Evans MP" moz-do-not-send="true">Chris
Evans MP</a> asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department what steps the Government is taking
to "regulate the download of anonymity network
browsers". He also asked for statistics on the
number of people convicted under the Terrorism Act
2006 in the past year were found to be using such
anonymity tools. Finally, he asked what assessment
the Home Department had made of the prevalence of
the usage of such tools in the past year. </p>
<p><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Ben_Wallace_MP"
title="Ben Wallace MP" moz-do-not-send="true">Ben
Wallace MP</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-11-15.113377.h&s=Internet+section%3Awrans+section%3Awms"
moz-do-not-send="true">declined to answer</a>,
noting that "the National Crime Agency and UK
Intelligence Community regularly assess the threat
to the UK from the use of online anonymity networks
by criminals and terrorists", but that such
information is operationally sensitive. </p>
<p>Jo Platt MP asked the Secretary of State for
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps they
are taking to "protect social media users' privacy
from social networks while using video and
microphone equipped devices". </p>
<p><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Matthew_Hancock_MP"
title="Matthew Hancock MP" moz-do-not-send="true">Matthew
Hancock MP</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-11-10.112388.h&s=Internet+section%3Awrans+section%3Awms#g112388.r0"
moz-do-not-send="true">responded</a> that
"organisations, including social media companies,
must have legitimate grounds for collecting and
using personal data and handle people's personal
data only in ways they would reasonably expect." He
also noted that organizations breaching this would
be liable for enforcement action from the ICO. </p>
<p>He went on to confirm that the Government is
"currently legislating for a new Data Protection
Bill. The Bill will set new standards for protecting
general data, in accordance with the General Data
Protection Regulation, giving people more control
over use of their data, and providing new rights to
move or delete personal data." </p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_on_removal_of_anti-semitic_propaganda">Question
on removal of anti-semitic propaganda</span></h3>
<p>Gregory Campbell asked he Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, what steps he is
taking to combat access to anti-Semitic propaganda
among young people. </p>
<p>Marcus Jones <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-11-14.112855.h&s=Internet+section%3Awrans+section%3Awms#g112855.r0"
moz-do-not-send="true">answered</a> that the
Government was "working with internet service
providers to ensure that antisemitic propaganda
which is deemed illegal is removed within 24 hours.
In addition, internet service providers are making a
concerted effort to ensure that antisemitic
propaganda does not appear at the top of search
results." </p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_media_coverage">ORG
media coverage</span></h2>
<p><i>See <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_Press_Coverage"
title="ORG Press Coverage"
moz-do-not-send="true">ORG Press Coverage</a>
for full details.</i> </p>
<dl>
<dt>2017-11-21-The Telegraph-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/11/21/google-promises-end-concerning-smartphone-tracking/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Google promises to end
'concerning' smartphone tracking</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Margi Murphy</dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted for story about
Google gathering Android location data without
user permission.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2017-11-22-The Telegraph-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/11/22/government-urged-make-easier-public-compensated-data-breaches/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Government urged to make
it easier for public to be compensated after
hacks</a></dt>
<dd>Author: James Titcomb</dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted in an article about
an open letter to digital minster Matt Hancock
urging the Government to allow consumer groups
like ORG to seek redress for data breaches without
prior instruction from the affected consumers.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Security"
title="Security" moz-do-not-send="true">Security</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection"
title="Data protection" moz-do-not-send="true">Data
protection</a></dd>
<dt>2017-11-22-Telecoms.com-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://telecoms.com/486335/uk-urged-to-improve-data-protection-for-the-digitally-naive/"
moz-do-not-send="true">UK urged to improve data
protection for the digitally naive</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Jamie Davies</dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted in an article about
an open letter to digital minster Matt Hancock
urging the Government to allow consumer groups
like ORG to seek redress for data breaches without
prior instruction from the affected consumers.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Security"
title="Security" moz-do-not-send="true">Security</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection"
title="Data protection" moz-do-not-send="true">Data
protection</a></dd>
<dt>2017-11-22-ComputerWeekly-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430540/Government-urged-to-improve-redress-for-mass-data-breaches"
moz-do-not-send="true">Government urged to
improve redress for mass data breaches</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Warwick Ashford</dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted in an article about
an open letter to digital minster Matt Hancock
urging the Government to allow consumer groups
like ORG to seek redress for data breaches without
prior instruction from the affected consumers.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Security"
title="Security" moz-do-not-send="true">Security</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection"
title="Data protection" moz-do-not-send="true">Data
protection</a></dd>
<dt>2017-11-23-Engadget-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/23/pornhub-mindgeek-age-verification-ageid-digital-economy-uk-online-porn/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Pornhub owner may become
the UK's gatekeeper of online porn</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Daniel Cooper</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted in a story about
MindGeek positioning themselves as the primary AV
provider for adult content.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2017"
title="Digital Economy Act 2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">Digital Economy Act 2017</a></dd>
</dl>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_Contact_Details">ORG
Contact Details</span></h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff"
moz-do-not-send="true">Staff page</a> </p>
<ul>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#jim"
moz-do-not-send="true">Jim Killock, Executive
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#javier"
moz-do-not-send="true">Javier Ruiz, Policy</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#ed"
moz-do-not-send="true">Ed Johnson-Williams,
Campaigns</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#lee"
moz-do-not-send="true">Lee Maguire, Tech</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#myles"
moz-do-not-send="true">Myles Jackman, Legal
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#matthew"
moz-do-not-send="true">Matthew Rice, Scotland
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#slavka"
moz-do-not-send="true">Slavka Bielikova, Policy
Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#mike"
moz-do-not-send="true">Mike Morel, Campaigner</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#caitlin"
moz-do-not-send="true">Caitlin Bishop, Campaigns
Communication Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#alex"
moz-do-not-send="true">Alex Haydock, Legal
Intern</a></li>
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