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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 19/02/2018.
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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 launched <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scotland.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/how-to-steal-and-election-in-4-easy-steps">a new infographic</a> as part of their campaign against current trials of electronic voting in Scotland.</li>
<li class="">ORG are 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 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 launched an open <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/new-rights-need-new-services-submit-your-ideas-monday-february-12th">call for ideas</a> to develop a tool for consumers to enjoy their stronger rights under GDPR. This is a joint project with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://projectsbyif.com">Projects by IF</a>, funded through a grant from the Information Commissioner Office.</li></ul><p class="">Planned local group events:
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<ul class=""><li class="">Join ORG Cambridge on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Cambridge/events/fdpwknyxfbjb/">6 March</a> for their regular monthly meeting.</li>
<li class="">Join ORG Legal Intern Alex Haydock at ORG North East on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORGNorthEast/events/247346380/">10 March</a> to learn about digital rights and how to take control of your online life.</li>
<li class="">Join ORG Birmingham on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Birmingham/events/247971623/">26 March</a> to hear about what the Government's Digital Charter will mean for free speech online.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official meetings</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">Mike Morel and Alex Haydock gave a presentation to ORG London
about the Digital Charter, and the concerns it poses for free speech
online.</li>
<li class="">Myles Jackman gave a presentation to ORG Norwich about ORG's current legal activities, and the Digital Economy Act.</li>
<li class="">ORG hosted a roundtable on Scotland's electronic voting proposals on
Tuesday 20 February, briefing other parts of Scottish civil society and
hearing from the Scottish Government their intentions with the trial,
which remain dependent on the outcome of the current consultation.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Data_Protection_Bill">Data Protection Bill</span></h3><p class="">ORG are still tracking the progress of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/dataprotection.html">Data Protection Bill</a>,
which had its first reading in the House of Commons at the end of
January, and is awaiting a second Commons reading before Committee Stage
can begin. While no date has yet been announced for the Second Reading,
ORG are expecting this to be held around the time of Monday 5 March.
</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">previous policy updates</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="ORG_and_medConfidential_mentioned_in_Scottish_Government.27s_report_on_NHS_Scotland.27s_digital_strategy">ORG and medConfidential mentioned in Scottish Government's report on NHS Scotland's digital strategy</span></h3><p class="">ORG have recently been notified of the publication of a report by the
Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee which mentions the
joint submission to the Committee by ORG and medConfidential.
</p><p class="">The report contains the following promising recommendation at paragraph 66:
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<blockquote class="">"We believe it is imperative a person-centred approach
should empower patients to control their own information, including how
this is used. We would welcome information on what action the Scottish
Government is taking to allow people control of their own information."</blockquote><p class="">The full report can be downloaded <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_HealthandSportCommittee/Reports/HSS052018R01.pdf">here</a>, and ORG's original joint response with medConfidential's can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_HealthandSportCommittee/Inquiries/TINN020_medConfidential_and_ORG(1).pdf">here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Ministry_of_Defence_publishes_note_on_the_use_of_.27Cyber_and_Electromagnetic_Activities.27">Ministry of Defence publishes note on the use of 'Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities'</span></h3><p class="">On 21 February, the Ministry of Defence published a joint doctrine
note intended to provide an explanation of cyber and electromagnetic
activities (CEMA) may be used for various Government tasks.
</p><p class="">According to the Government, the note "describes the framework
that UK defence will use to synchronise and co-ordinate cyber and
electromagnetic activities (CEMA) at the operational level as well as
the enabling support activities."
</p><p class="">The report also "includes contributions from UK defence and
partners across government and emphasises the development of
synchronisation and the co-ordination of CEMA in support of the
operational commander."
</p><p class="">The full 64-page report can be <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-and-electromagnetic-activities-jdn-118">downloaded here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Public_Health_England_launches_consultation_on_NHS_data_sharing">Public Health England launches consultation on NHS data sharing</span></h3><p class="">This week, Public Health England launched a consultation seeking
"evidence on the public health impact of the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) on data sharing between NHS Digital, the Home Office and the
Department of Health, particularly on the healthcare-seeking behaviour
and health outcomes of the migrant population."
</p><p class="">The memorandum, which the consultation seeks to analyse the
impact of, came into force in January 2017 and describes the processes
under which information requests submitted by the Home Office are made
to and processed by NHS Digital.
</p><p class="">The consultation document <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-sharing-mou-between-nhs-digital-and-home-office-call-for-evidence">can be viewed here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="DCMS_confirms_designation_of_BBFC_as_age_verification_regulator">DCMS confirms designation of BBFC as age verification regulator</span></h3><p class="">On the 22nd February, the DCMS finally made public acknowledgement of
the BBFC's appointment to the post of age verification regulator. A <i class=""><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/683354/BBFC_Designation_Notice.pdf">Notice of Designation of Age-Verification Regulator</a></i> was posted to the Digital Economy Act hub on the GOV.UK site.
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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_export_of_surveillance_technology">Question about export of surveillance technology</span></h3><p class="">Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP asked the Secretary of State for International
Trade, what the evidential basis was for the approval of the licensing
of 5A001 surveillance equipment to the Philippines on 25 July 2016.
</p><p class="">Graham Stuart <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-02-19.128400.q0">responded</a>
that the Government would not issue an export license "if there is a
clear risk that the proposed export might be used for internal
repression", and that this assessment "takes into account the specific
end user and intended end use of the goods."
</p><p class="">He confirmed that, in this particular case, "the licence was
issued for the temporary export of the equipment for demonstration
purposes and a condition of the licence was that the goods would remain
under the control of the exporter."
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_about_North_Korean_involvement_in_WannaCry_cyber_attack">Question about North Korean involvement in WannaCry cyber attack</span></h3><p class="">Emily Thornberry MP asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department "what recent discussions she has had with officials from
Europol on the progress of that organisation's investigations into
possible North Korean involvement in the WannaCry cyber attack in May
2017; and what steps she is taking to support those investigations."
</p><p class="">Ben Wallace <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-11-06.111673.h">confirmed</a>
that the investigation into the attack is still ongoing, but that "the
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assesses it is highly likely that
North Korean actors known as the Lazarus Group were behind the attack."
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_about_anti-radicalisation_programmes">Question about anti-radicalisation programmes</span></h3><p class="">Stephen Timms MP asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, what support her Department is giving to the Web Guardians
programme.
</p><p class="">Ben Wallace <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-02-06.126976.q0">answered</a>
that the "Home Office supports civil society organisations to deliver
activity locally as part of the Prevent strategy", and that "Web
Guardians, run by the JAN Trust, is one of the programmes that have been
supported in this way."
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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="">2018-02-17-Gay Star News-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/sky-website-offering-resources-gay-teens-shut-pornography/">Sky UK block gay-teen support website deemed 'pornographic' by its algorithms</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Joe Gamp</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: ORG's <i class="">Blocked!</i> tool featured heavily in an article about Sky blocking access to LGBT support sites. Myles Jackman also quoted.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Internet_censorship" title="Internet censorship" class="">Internet censorship</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-02-21-DIGIT-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digit.fyi/right-to-be-forgotten/">Third of UK Consumers Want to be Digitally Erased</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Dominique Adams</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Matthew Rice quoted in a story about consumer enthusiasm for the GDPR's right to data erasure.</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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