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<p>This is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning
08/01/2018.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work">ORG’s
work</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>ORG have started fundraising to recruit more
permanent members of our legal team. <a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/join-org-and-help-build-our-legal-team">Join
ORG today to help out!</a></li>
<li>ORG <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://epsonstopkillingcompatibles.org.uk/">launched
a new petition</a> against printer manufacturer
Epson's attempts to get eBay to remove listings of
third-party ink cartridges from their marketplace.</li>
<li>ORG is running a petition against the Government’s
misguided proposals threatening fines for internet
companies who do not rapidly censor extremist
material shared on their platforms. <a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/censorship-and-control-are-not-answer-extremism">Sign
the petition here!</a></li>
<li>ORG have been hard at work updating the <a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/legal-blocks">court
ordered blocks</a> section of the Blocked! tool to
display clearer and more accurate information about
court ordered blocks.</li>
</ul>
<p>Planned local group events:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Join the newly-reformed ORG Norwich <a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Norwich/events/245885855/">on
22 January</a> for their revival meetup and to
discuss their plans for the future.</li>
<li>See ORG's legal director Myles Jackman speak at an
ORG London event <a rel="nofollow" class="external
text"
href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-London/events/246606653/">on
24 January</a>. Come along to hear about ORG's
past legal successes and plans for the future.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official
meetings</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>Jim Killock and Alex Haydock met with the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
(DCMS) to discuss the Government's progress
implementing the Digital Economy Act's rules
requiring age verification systems for pornographic
content.</li>
<li>Jim Killock met <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Article_19"
title="Article 19" class="mw-redirect">Article 19</a>
and <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ISPA"
title="ISPA" class="mw-redirect">ISPA</a> to
discuss UK Internet censorship, and <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/FACT"
title="FACT" class="mw-redirect">FACT</a> to
discuss their domain seizures.</li>
<li>Slavka Bielikova met with Unison and the3million
to discuss the Data Protection Bill.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK
Parliament</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Peers_debate_Data_Protection_Bill_Section_80.282.29">Peers
debate Data Protection Bill Section 80(2)</span></h3>
<p>This week, the House of Lords debated the Section
80(2) amendment to the Data Protection Bill that has
been pushed and supported by ORG.
</p>
<p>Lord Ashton of Hyde <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2018-01-10/debates/8952F701-A555-4D8F-96B5-D075F65BF4C1/DataProtectionBill%28HL%29#contribution-58FA43C2-F272-4470-9EEA-FED0D43631F7">argued
against the amendment</a>, noting:
</p>
<blockquote>The Government are sympathetic to the idea
of facilitating greater private enforcement, but we
continue to believe that the Bill as drafted provides
significant and sufficient recourse for data subjects.
In our view, there is no need to invoke article 80(2)
of the GDPR, with all the risks and potential pitfalls
that that entails.</blockquote>
<p>Lord Ashton went on to propose instead that the bill
be amended to include a provision to review the
effectiveness of the relevant sections two years after
the bill receives Royal Assent. This mirrors an
earlier suggestion made by the department in charge of
the Bill (DCMS), but is slightly stronger as the
review would have a statutory footing in the bill
itself, rather than the previous suggestion which
amounted to a "commitment to review" by the DCMS.
</p>
<p>Labour and Lib Dem Peers supported Lord Ashton's
suggestion of a review amendment. ORG still do not
believe periodic review is sufficient, but are pleased
to see such review being placed on a statutory footing
in the bill itself.
</p>
<p>You can read ORG's recent blog post on the DEBill's
progress <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2018/peers-have-a-chance-to-make-the-uk-one-of-the-safest-places-to-be-online.-they-should-take-it">here</a>.
</p>
<p>The third reading of the Bill is expected to take
place in the House of Lords on the 17 January, and the
Bill is expected to begin its progress through the
House of Commons by the end of the month.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline"
id="Other_national_developments">Other national
developments</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Annual_report_of_the_Surveillance_Camera_Commissioner">Annual
report of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner</span></h3>
<p>This week Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera
Commissioner, published his annual report commenting
on the implementation of surveillance camera aystems,
and outlining his future plans.
</p>
<p>Among other things, the report highlights the threat
of surveillance camera hacking, stressing importance
of prioritising the security of surveillance systems.
It also highlighted that the ability to effectively
regulate an improvement in the operation of
surveillance camera systems in public is hampered by
the restricted range of organisations that must comply
with the Home Secretary’s <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/204775/Surveillance_Camera_Code_of_Practice_WEB.pdf">Surveillance
Camera Code of Practice</a>.
</p>
<p>It also comments on ANPR, suggesting:
</p>
<blockquote>Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)
one of the largest non military databases in the UK,
should be placed on a statutory footing by the
Government. It has a national infrastructure of
approximately 9,000 cameras that captures between 25
to 40 million pieces of data (citizens’ number plates)
per day and up to 20 to 30 billion records are held.</blockquote>
<p>You can <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/surveillance-camera-commissioner-annual-report-2016-to-2017">read
the full report here</a>.
</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_about_Police_use_of_IMSI_catchers">Question
about Police use of IMSI catchers</span></h3>
<p>Thengam Debbnaire asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, how many police forces operate an
International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI)
catcher, and what guidance the Government provided on
their use.
</p>
<p><a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Nick_Hurd_MP"
title="Nick Hurd MP">Nick Hurd MP</a> <a
rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-01-08.121465.r0">replied</a>,
noting that:
</p>
<blockquote>Investigative activity by public authorities
involving interference with property or wireless
telegraphy is regulated by the Police Act 1997 and the
Intelligence Services Act 1994, which set out the high
level of authorisation required before law enforcement
or the security and intelligence agencies can
undertake such activity.</blockquote>
<p>He also noted that the use of all such covert
investigation powers is overseen by the <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Commissioner"
title="Investigatory Powers Commissioner"
class="mw-redirect">Investigatory Powers
Commissioner</a>.
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_about_the_implementation_of_the_EU_NIS_Directive">Question
about the implementation of the EU NIS Directive</span></h3>
<p>Brendan O'Hara asked the Secretary of State for
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what plans the
department has to implement the <a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-security_regulation#NIS_Directive">EU
Network and Information Systems Directive</a>.
</p>
<p>Margot James <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-01-05.121144.r0">replied</a>,
noting that the National Cyber Security Centre intends
to publish cross-sector security guidance in January
2018, and that "compliance will be monitored and
enforced by sector based Competent Authorities".
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline"
id="Question_about_the_application_of_GDPR_after_Brexit">Question
about the application of GDPR after Brexit</span></h3>
<p>Lord Laird asked the whether the <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Court_of_Justice_of_the_European_Union"
title="Court of Justice of the European Union">Court
of Justice of the European Union</a> (CJEU) will
continue to have jurisdiction in the UK after Brexit
in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR).
</p>
<p>Lord Ashton of Hyde confirmed that, while the direct
jurisdiction of the CJEU will cease upon leaving the
EU, the Data Protection Bill and the EU (Withdrawal)
Bill would ensure that all of the provisions of GDPR
were incorporated into UK law.
</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">ORG Press Coverage</a>
for full details.</i>
</p>
<dl>
<dt>2018-01-05-BBC News-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42577460">Porn
age-checks risk pushing children to dark web,
officials warn</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Brian Wheeler</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted in a story about
potential problems with age verification.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2018-01-05-Gizmodo UK-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/01/the-government-has-admitted-that-porn-age-checks-could-harm-small-isps-and-increase-fraud/">The
Government has Admitted That Porn Age Checks Could
Harm Small ISPs and Increase Fraud</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Tom Pritchard</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted in a story about
potential problems with age verification.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2018-01-09-EU Observer-<a rel="nofollow"
class="external text"
href="https://euobserver.com/justice/140482">Commission:
120 minutes to remove illegal online content</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Nikolaj Nielsen</dd>
<dd>Summary: EU Observer uses an ORG quote from a Dec
2017 BBC News story in an article about the EU
Commission's suggestion that internet platform
providers equip themselves to remove extremist
material on their platform within 2 hours.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_censorship"
title="Online censorship" class="mw-redirect">Online
censorship</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">Staff
page</a>
</p>
<ul>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#jim">Jim
Killock, Executive Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#javier">Javier
Ruiz, Policy Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#ed">Ed
Johnson-Williams, Campaigns</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#lee">Lee
Maguire, Tech</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#myles">Myles
Jackman, Legal Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#alex">Alex
Haydock, Legal Intern</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#matthew">Matthew
Rice, Scotland Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#slavka">Slavka
Bielikova, Policy Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#mike">Mike
Morel, Campaigner</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#caitlin">Caitlin
Bishop, Campaigns Communication Officer</a></li>
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