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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 05/03/2018.
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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="">Jim Killock contributed an article to the Institute of Welsh
Affairs on the subject of electronic voting and the related concerns.</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 North East and Newcastle Libraries <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORGNorthEast/events/247346380/">on 10 March</a> to learn about digital rights and how to take control of your online life.</li>
<li class="">Join ORG Legal Intern Alex Haydock at ORG Norwich <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Norwich/events/248465082/">on 19 March</a> to discuss age verification technologies as found in the Digital Economy Act 2017.</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="">Javier Ruiz attended the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://internetfreedomfestival.org">Internet Freedom Festival</a> in Valencia, Spain.</li>
<li class="">Jim Killock met with a number of academics and commentators to
discuss concerns around proposals to introduce electronic voting in
Wales, including:
<ul class=""><li class="">Daran Hill, of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://positif.wales/">Positif Politics</a></li>
<li class="">Roger Scully, election academic</li>
<li class="">Arne Hinz and Lina Dencik, privacy and digital media academics who run the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datajusticelab.org/">Data Justice Lab</a> at Cardiff University</li>
<li class="">Auriol Miller, from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iwa.wales/">Institute of Welsh Affairs</a></li>
<li class="">Jess Blair, from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/ers-cymru/">Welsh Electoral Reform Society</a></li>
<li class="">Rhuanedd Richards, researcher to the Presiding Officer of the Welsh Senate</li></ul></li>
<li class="">Jim Killock met with a number of members and former members of the
Welsh National Assembly to discuss Welsh concerns around electronic
voting, including:
<ul class=""><li class="">Gareth Bennett AM (UKIP)</li>
<li class="">Janet Finch-Saunders AM (Conservative)</li>
<li class="">Simon Thomas AM (Plaid Cymru)</li>
<li class="">Mick Antoniw AM (Labour)</li>
<li class="">Leighton Andrews, former AM and commentator</li></ul></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="">The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/dataprotection.html">Data Protection Bill</a>
had its Second Reading in the House of Commons this week, which
involved discussion of the immigration exemption contained within the
bill, which ORG have consistently campaigned against.
</p><p class="">During the Bill's Second Reading in the Commons, there was
generally a lot of support for the removal of the immigration exemption
from Labour, Liberal Democrat, and SNP MPs.
</p><p class="">Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for the DCMS, attempted to justify the Government's position during the debate, by stating:
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<blockquote class="">"Exemptions from the GDPR are allowed so that necessary
activities can be carried out, including that of making sure that a
minority of individuals cannot abuse data protection law with the sole
intent of undermining immigration controls."</blockquote><p class="">In opposition to the immigration exemption, SNP MP Brendan O'Hara noted:
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<blockquote class="">"As it stands, the Home Office, the applicant and the
applicant’s legal representative all have access to the same
information, and it is that information on which claims and legal
challenges are based. Surely if both sides do not have access to the
same information, the fairness of legal proceedings is inevitably
compromised."</blockquote><p class="">The Committee Stage of the Bill starts next week, on 13 March, and
will continue on 15, 20, 22, and 27 March. As the DP Bill originated in
the House of Lords, it has already passed that House and does not need
to return before becoming law.
</p><p class="">To challenge the immigration exemption still found in the Bill, ORG, along with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.the3million.org.uk/">the3million</a>, are launching legal action against the Government supported by lawyers from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.leighday.co.uk/">Leigh Day</a>.
</p><p class="">Leigh Day have written to Home Secretary Amber Rudd on behalf of
ORG and the3million, requesting that the immigration exemption be
removed from the Bill, and noting that they intend to launch a legal
challenge to the clause if it is passed into law.
</p><p class="">For more information, please see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/2018/government-warned-legal-action-coming-if-immigration-exemption-enacted">this ORG press release</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_Home_Office_actions_on_cyber_crime">Question about Home Office actions on cyber crime</span></h3><p class="">Adam Afriyie asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department
"what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle cyber crime".
</p><p class="">Ben Wallace <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-02-27.129989.q0">responded</a>, noting that:
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<ul class=""><li class="">The National Cyber Security Strategy had attracted 1.9 billion of transnational investment for 2016-2021.</li>
<li class="">The College of Policing now provides courses for officers and staff on cyber crime.</li>
<li class="">The Cyber Digital Career Pathways project will create a Cyber Digital Investigation Profession across all of law enforcement.</li>
<li class="">The Home Office also delivers the Government's public-facing Cyber
Aware campaign to increase public awareness of cyber security.</li></ul>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_about_UK_citizens.27_data_held_by_cloud_service_providers">Question about UK citizens' data held by cloud service providers</span></h3><p class="">James Gray asked the Chancellor for the Exchequer "what estimate he
has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a)
supplying cloud services to his Department and (b) contracted to deliver
cloud services on behalf of his Department which is subject to
information requests from US Government bodies."
</p><p class="">Robert Jenrick <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-02-27.129941.q0">responded</a>
that, by their estimate, "no UK citizens’ data held through cloud
services is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
Our records of our personal data holdings, as well procurement review
process, are currently under review as part of the forthcoming General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_on_electronic_warfare">Question on electronic warfare</span></h3><p class="">Viscount Waverly asked the Government "what criteria they use to
determine whether cyber aggression constitutes an act of war; and in
such cases, what plans they have to allow for Parliamentary scrutiny of
any evidence."
</p><p class="">Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-02-20.HL5689.q0">responded</a>
that "the UN Charter applies in its entirety to state actions in
cyberspace, including the prohibition of the use of force (Article
2(4)). The Government considers that a cyber-operation may constitute an
“armed attack” if its scale and physical effects are equivalent to
those achieved by a conventional attack which would meet the same
threshold."
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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="">2018-03-05-Institute of Welsh Affairs-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iwa.wales/click/2018/03/online-voting-end-polling-station/">Online voting : The end of the polling station?</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Jim Killock</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Opinion piece authored by Jim Killock for the Institute of
Welsh Affairs, discussing the concerns around electronic voting
proposals.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Electronic_voting" title="Electronic voting" class="mw-redirect">Electronic voting</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-05-Daily Mail-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5465177/PornHubs-AgeID-age-verification-software-hit-UK-soon.html">PornHub’s AgeID age verification software to hit the UK soon</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Ben Rabinovich</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in article about possible data breaches from age verification tools.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-05-The Guardian-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/05/home-office-immigration-data-access-eu-citizens-data-protection-bill">Home Office plans to deny immigrants access to data 'are illegal'</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Owen Bowcott</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: ORG mentioned in story about our potential legal action against the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Bill.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection" title="Data protection" class="">Data protection</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-05-TechCrunch-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/uk-facing-legal-action-over-immigration-exemption-in-dp-bill/">UK facing legal action over immigration exemption in DP bill</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Natasha Lomas</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: ORG mentioned in story about our potential legal action against the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Bill.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Data_protection" title="Data protection" class="">Data protection</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-06-BBC News-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43292457">Porn check critics fear data breach</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Zoe Kleinman</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: ORG featured prominently in article about possible data breaches from age verification tools. Myles Jackman quoted.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-06-The Times-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/porn-site-data-breaches-could-wreck-careers-xbmtnr9jw">Porn site data breaches ‘could wreck careers’</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Mark Bridge</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in article about possible data breaches from age verification tools.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-06-The Telegraph-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/03/06/age-checks-porn-risk-exposing-sexual-tastes/">Age checks on porn 'risk exposing sexual tastes'</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Margi Murphy</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in article about possible data breaches from age verification tools.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-03-08-The Scotsman-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/general-election/scots-unlikely-to-be-given-option-to-vote-online-soon-1-4702215">Scots unlikely to be given option to vote online soon</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Scott Macnab</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: ORG mentioned in story about Scottish Electronic voting proposals.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Electronic_voting" title="Electronic voting" class="mw-redirect">Electronic voting</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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