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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 29/01/2018.
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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 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>
<li class="">ORG Oxford is back! Join them at Oxford Hackspace <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Oxford/events/247377701/">on 12 February</a> for their first event.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official meetings</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">Jim Killock and Alex Haydock attended <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2016-0159.html">the Supreme Court hearing</a> in the Cartier web blocking challenge, along with David Allen Green, who prepared ORG's submissions in the case.</li>
<li class="">Jim Killock attended a meeting with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nominet.uk/">Nominet</a> to discuss domain suspensions in the UK.</li>
<li class="">Slavka Bielikova attended a roundtable with other organisations
interested in campaigning against the immigration exemption from the
Data Protection Bill.</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_through_House_of_Lords_unmodified">Investigatory Powers Act Regulations pass through House of Lords unmodified</span></h3><p class="">After passing through the House of Commons <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_policy_update/2018-w04#Investigatory_Powers_Act_Regulations_pass_through_House_of_Commons_unmodified">last week</a>, the four Investigatory Powers Act Regulations were considered on Thursday by the House of Lords.
</p><p class="">The Regulations considered were passed unmodified and were as follows:
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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 full debate can be read <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2018-02-01/debates/D0227FAC-5B6E-446B-B7C7-A95FE4C1F5E6/InvestigatoryPowers(CodesOfPractice)Regulations2018">here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="BBFC_Approved_as_Age_Verification_Regulator">BBFC Approved as Age Verification Regulator</span></h3><p class="">After consideration on Thursday by the by the House of Lords, and by
the House of Commons' Delegated Legislation Committee, Parliament
approved the BBFC as the regulatory body for age verification services.
</p><p class="">The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669567/particulars_of_proposed_designation_of_age-verification_regulator_-_december_2017.pdf">"Particulars of Proposed Designation of Age-Verification Regulator"</a>
was drafted in December 2017 and outlines the Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport's vision for the BBFC's role and operation as
regulator.
</p><p class="">The Commons' Delegated Legislation Committee debate can be read <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-02-01/debates/b6f0f56f-6a42-4604-bd62-5e86ae5ea1b9/ProposalForDesignationOfAge-VerificationRegulator">here</a>, and the House of Lords debate can be read <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2018-02-01a.1752.0">here</a>.
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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="Court_of_Appeal_rules_mass_surveillance_illegal">Court of Appeal rules mass surveillance illegal</span></h3><p class="">On January 30, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in the case originally brought by <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Tom_Watson_MP" title="Tom Watson MP" class="">Tom Watson MP</a> and <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/David_Davis_MP" title="David Davis MP" class="mw-redirect">David Davis MP</a> against <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/DRIPA" title="DRIPA" class="mw-redirect">DRIPA</a>.
After receiving the judgment of the CJEU, and after the publication of
the Government's consultation in November 2017, the Court of Appeal
delivered its final judgment in the case on 30 January 2018.
</p><p class="">The judgment carried the following notable points:
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<ul class=""><li class="">Surveillance data retained for the purposes of fighting crime should be restricted to "serious crime"; and</li>
<li class="">Access to retained data must be approved by a court or other administrative body.</li></ul><p class="">The Court also refused to rule on a number of points, citing other ongoing litigation at the time of the judgment. Namely:
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<ul class=""><li class="">The Court refused to rule on the issue of whether the judgment
of the CJEU applied to "national security", noting that this would be
ruled on in an ongoing case brought by Privacy International in the
Investigatory Powers Tribunal;</li>
<li class="">The Court noted that the issue of whether collected data must be
retained within the EU was also to be decided in Privacy International's
Investigatory Powers Tribunal Challenge;</li>
<li class="">The Court considered the question of whether people were eligible to
be notified that they had been surveilled at a time when notification
would no longer pose a risk to ongoing investigations. Again, it
concluded that this would be an issue in the ongoing Privacy
International case.</li>
<li class="">Finally, the Court considered whether it was able to rule on the
question of whether data retained for security purposes could only be
retained in cases where a specific person or set of people could be
linked to serious criminal offences and the data could be reasonably
assumed to assist in the prevention of such offences. The Court
determined that this issue would be addressed in Liberty's ongoing
challenge against the Investigatory Powers Act.</li></ul>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Security_of_Network_and_Information_Systems_Directive_consultation_responses">Security of Network and Information Systems Directive consultation responses</span></h3><p class="">On 29 January 2018, the Government published responses to their
consultation on the Security of Network and Information Systems
Directive.
</p><p class="">The Government published its proposals for improving the security
of the UK’s essential services through the NIS directive in a public
consultation in 2017.
This consultation covered six main topics -
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<ul class=""><li class="">How to identify essential services</li>
<li class="">A national Framework to manage implementation</li>
<li class="">The security requirements for operators of essential services</li>
<li class="">The incident reporting requirements for operators of essential services</li>
<li class="">The requirements on Digital Service Providers</li>
<li class="">The proposed penalty regime</li></ul><p class="">According to the consultation response document: "The Government
received over 350 responses to its consultation. These responses showed
that there was broad support for the Government’s approach and that in
the main, the Government’s proposals were thought to be appropriate and
proportionate."
</p><p class="">The consultation response document is available <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-security-of-network-and-information-systems-directive">here</a>.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Questions_in_the_UK_Parliament">Questions in the UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_about_offensive_online_communications">Question about offensive online communications</span></h3><p class="">Joan Ryan <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-01-24.124654.q0">asked</a>
the Secretary of State for Justice what further steps his Department
plans to take to review legislation on offensive online communications;
and if he would make a statement.
</p><p class="">Lucy Frazer responded that the legislation that can be used to prosecute offensive online communications includes the <i class="">Protection from Harassment Act 1997</i>; the <i class="">Malicious Communications Act 1988</i>; and the <i class="">Communications Act 2003</i>. She also noted that the <i class="">Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015</i>
made changes to the relevant offences in these last two Acts which aim
to "ensure that people who commit them are prosecuted and properly
punished".
</p><p class="">Frazer confirmed that the department had "no current plan to
introduce specific additional legislation to address offensive online
communications."
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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=""><a href="http://2018-01-30-buzz.ie" class="">2018-01-30-buzz.ie</a>-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.buzz.ie/news/uk-citizens-soon-use-passport-access-porn-270762">UK citizens could soon have to use their passport to access porn</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Buzz Contributor</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about age verification, the
BBFC, and the dangers posed by a central database of ID connected to
users' porn viewing habits.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-31-Metro-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/31/new-porn-laws-will-mean-pornhub-asks-name-address-wnking-begins-7275023/">New porn laws will mean Pornhub asks for your name and address before browsing</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Rob Waugh</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about age verification, the
BBFC, and the dangers posed by a central database of ID connected to
users' porn viewing habits.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-31-bit-tech-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/tech/appeals-court-rules-against-government-surveillance-law/1/">Appeals Court rules against government surveillance law</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Gareth Halfacree</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Matthew Rice quoted in a story about the Court of Appeal's judgment ruling mass surveillance illegal.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Surveillance" title="Surveillance" class="mw-redirect">Surveillance</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-02-01-Daily Mail-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5336627/Pornhub-ask-porn-users-names-addresses.html">Pornhub
will now ask for users' names and addresses before they browse in a
move that has triggered fears of Ashley Madison-style blackmail leaks</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Stewart Paterson</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about age verification, the
BBFC, and the dangers posed by a central database of ID connected to
users' porn viewing habits.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-02-01-The Inquirer-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3025848/pornhub-ageid-system-confirmed-digital-economy-bill">Pornhub's 'AgeID' system will require punters to hand over their date of birth</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Tom Allen</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about age verification, the
BBFC, and the dangers posed by a central database of ID connected to
users' porn viewing habits.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-02-02-Dazed Digital-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/38872/1/inside-the-disturbing-revenge-porn-forum-sharing-gay-mens-nudes">Inside the disturbing revenge porn forum sharing gay men’s nudes</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Michael Rose</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Alex Haydock quoted in an article about a "Revenge Porn" site targeted at sharing explicit images without permission.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <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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