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<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><p class="">This is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning 22/01/2018.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work">ORG’s work</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">Planned local group events:
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<ul class=""><li class="">Join ORG Glasgow <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Glasgow/events/246902502/">on 1 February</a> for a discussion of future plans for the group.</li>
<li class="">Join ORG Cambridge <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Cambridge/events/fdpwknyxdbjb/">on 6 February</a> at their monthly meetup to discuss what the group has done in the past month, and what is planned for the coming months.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official meetings</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">Javier Ruiz, Slavka Bielikova, and Caitlin Bishop attended Privacy Camp and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cpdpconferences.org/">CPDP 2018</a> in Brussels, appearing on and organising several panels at the event.</li>
<li class="">Alex Haydock gave a presentation to ORG London on ORG's current legal activity and potential future challenges of interest.</li>
<li class="">Matthew Rice met with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nuj.org.uk/home/">National Union of Journalists</a> to discuss the Scottish Defamation Bill.</li>
<li class="">Matthew Rice met with Police Scotland regarding the Vulnerable Persons Database.</li>
<li class="">Jim Killock met with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwf.org.uk/">Internet Watch Foundation</a> to discuss their Internet content regulation work and policies.</li>
<li class="">Jim Killock met with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaltradingstandards.uk/">National Trading Standards</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.linx.net/">LINX</a> to discuss Internet content regulation.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Investigatory_Powers_Act_Regulations_pass_Parliament_unmodified">Investigatory Powers Act Regulations pass Parliament unmodified</span></h3><p class="">On Thursday 25 January, the House of Commons briefly considered a
number of statutory regulations related to powers under the
Investigatory Powers Act. The following pieces of delegated legislation
were considered:
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<ul class=""><li class=""> Draft Investigatory Powers (Interception by Businesses etc. for Monitoring and Record-keeping Purposes) Regulations 2018</li>
<li class=""> Draft Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2018</li>
<li class=""> Draft Investigatory Powers (Review of Notices and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2018</li>
<li class=""> Draft Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2018 </li></ul><p class="">The regulations were passed by the Delegated Legislation Committee after a series of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-25/debates/d5142ac5-f75d-4416-acd3-8c551f32e35d/DraftInvestigatoryPowers(InterceptionByBusinessesEtcForMonitoringAndRecord-KeepingPurposes)Regulations2018DraftInvestigatoryPowers#">three divisions</a> which resulted in votes of 13-1 in favour of the legislation. SNP MP Stuart C. McDonald voted against in each of the divisions.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Data_Protection_Bill">Data Protection Bill</span></h3><p class="">The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/dataprotection.html">Data Protection Bill</a>
had its first reading in the House of Commons last week and is awaiting
a second Commons reading before Committee Stage can begin. A date for
the second reading has not yet been announced.
</p><p class="">The Bill still contains the controversial "immigration
exemption", which ORG have campaigned against during earlier stages. For
more information, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_policy_update/2018-w03#Data_Protection_Bill_Progresses_to_House_of_Commons">last week's policy update</a>.
</p><p class="">ORG are planning future outreach campaigns targeting MPs and
MEPs, intended to highlight our concerns with some of the provisions of
the Bill.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_national_developments">Other national developments</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Digital_Charter">Digital Charter</span></h3><p class="">The Government published its Digital Charter this week, outlining its
intentions to position the UK as "the safest place to be online and the
best place to start and grow a digital business."
</p><p class="">The Charter outlines a "Work Programme" that the Government intends to follow to achieve these goals.
</p><p class="">Among other things, the Government's work programme outlines that they are focusing on:
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<ul class=""><li class="">"protecting people from harmful content and behaviour, including
building understanding and resilience, and working with industry to
encourage the development of technological solutions";</li>
<li class="">"looking at the legal liability that online platforms have for the
content shared on their sites, including considering how we could get
more effective action through better use of the existing legal
frameworks and definitions";</li>
<li class="">"ensuring data is used in safe and ethical way, and when decisions
are made based on data, these are fair and appropriately transparent";
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<li class="">"limiting the spread and impact of disinformation intended to mislead for political, personal and/or financial gain".</li></ul><p class="">The Charter can be viewed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-charter">here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Report_on_the_Terrorism_Acts_in_2016">Report on the Terrorism Acts in 2016</span></h3><p class="">The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Max Hill, has
published an annual report detailing the operation of the Terrorism Acts
in 2016.
</p><p class="">Notable selections from the report include:
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<ul class=""><li class="">The Terrorism Act stop and search powers were used 483 times in
Great Britain with an arrest rate of 9%. The powers were used 197 times
in Northern Ireland. The power to stop and search without suspicion was
not used.</li>
<li class="">The number of Terrorism Act arrests decreased compared to 2015, with
Northern Ireland recording the lowest number of arrests in any year
since 2001.</li>
<li class="">There were 62 trials for terrorism related offences in 2016. Of these, 54 persons were convicted and 8 acquitted. </li></ul><p class="">The full content of the report <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-terrorism-acts-in-2016">can be found here</a>.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_media_coverage">ORG media coverage</span></h2><p class=""><i class="">See <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_Press_Coverage" title="ORG Press Coverage" class="">ORG Press Coverage</a> for full details.</i>
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<dl class=""><dt class="">2018-01-23-BBC News-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42789282">NHS Digital approves data off-shoring in new guidance</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: BBC News</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about the NHS storing data offshore, and the US Privacy Shield scheme.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection" title="Data protection" class="">Data protection</a>, <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-24-IT PRO-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-protection/30358/nhs-digital-greenlights-off-shore-data-storage">NHS Digital greenlights off-shore data storage</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Dale Walker</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about the NHS storing data offshore, and the US Privacy Shield scheme.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection" title="Data protection" class="">Data protection</a>, <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-25-The Inquirer-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/event/3025252/org-slams-nhs-digitals-data-off-shoring-plan-as-a-dangerous-move">ORG slams NHS Digital's data off-shoring plan as a 'dangerous move'</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Tom Allen</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about the NHS storing data offshore, and the US Privacy Shield scheme.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection" title="Data protection" class="">Data protection</a>, <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd></dl>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_Contact_Details">ORG Contact Details</span></h2><p class=""><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff">Staff page</a>
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<ul class=""><li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#jim">Jim Killock, Executive Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#javier">Javier Ruiz, Policy Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#ed">Ed Johnson-Williams, Campaigns</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#lee">Lee Maguire, Tech</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#myles">Myles Jackman, Legal Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#alex">Alex Haydock, Legal Intern</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#matthew">Matthew Rice, Scotland Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#slavka">Slavka Bielikova, Policy Officer</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#mike">Mike Morel, Campaigner</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#caitlin">Caitlin Bishop, Campaigns Communication Officer</a></li></ul>
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