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<p>This is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning
12/03/2018. </p>
<p>If you are reading this online, you can also
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<h2><span id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work">ORG’s work</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>ORG are fundraising to recruit more permanent
members of our legal team. <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/join-org-and-help-build-our-legal-team"
moz-do-not-send="true">Join ORG today to help
out!</a></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"
href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/censorship-and-control-are-not-answer-extremism"
moz-do-not-send="true">Sign the petition here!</a></li>
<li>ORG have launched an open <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/new-rights-need-new-services-submit-your-ideas-monday-february-12th"
moz-do-not-send="true">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"
href="https://projectsbyif.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Projects by IF</a>,
funded through a grant from the Information
Commissioner Office.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span id="Official_meetings">Official meetings</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>Jim Killock met with Dominic Grieve to discuss
the immigration exemption in the Data Protection
Bill.</li>
<li>Jim Killock, Myles Jackman and Alex Haydock met
with the BBFC to discuss their role as age
verification regulator.</li>
</ul>
<h2><span id="UK_Parliament">UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3><span id="Data_Protection_Bill">Data Protection
Bill</span></h3>
<p>The Committee Stage of the <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/dataprotection.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Data Protection Bill</a>
started this week on <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-13/debates/bf212b23-d1f0-4207-a2da-7b2fa6ccee9b/DataProtectionBill%28Lords%29%28FirstSitting%29"
moz-do-not-send="true">Tuesday 13 March</a>,
continuing on Thursday 15 March. ORG have
consistently campaigned against the immigration
exemption contained in the Bill. </p>
<p>The Committee debated <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-13/debates/41603d40-9a08-4722-8a0a-a7295bc764c7/DataProtectionBill%28Lords%29%28SecondSitting%29"
moz-do-not-send="true">immigration exemption on 13
March</a>. Shadow Digital Minister Liam Byrne
presented strong arguments why the exemption should
be removed from the Bill with support from other
Labour and SNP MPs. However, the Government
maintained their position that the exemption is
necessary to secure effective immigration control.
The Labour amendment to remove the exemption from
the Bill was voted down by the Government 10-9. </p>
<p>To challenge the immigration exemption that still
forms part of the Bill, ORG, along with <a
rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.the3million.org.uk/"
moz-do-not-send="true">the3million</a>, are
launching legal action against the Government
supported by lawyers from <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.leighday.co.uk/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Leigh Day</a>. </p>
<p>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>For more information, please see <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/2018/government-warned-legal-action-coming-if-immigration-exemption-enacted"
moz-do-not-send="true">this ORG press release</a>.
</p>
<p>On <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-15/debates/831521d4-174f-4150-9099-7817a9e28f8b/DataProtectionBill%28Lords%29%28FourthSitting%29"
moz-do-not-send="true">15 March</a>, the <a
rel="nofollow"
href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-15/debates/3927b0fd-a500-42d8-b505-4c4b3ba83ab6/DataProtectionBill%28Lords%29%28MorningSitting%29"
moz-do-not-send="true">Committee discussed
implementation of Article 80(2)</a> which would
allow specialised not-for-profit organisations to
represent unnamed data subjects in complaints to the
Information Commissioner's Office related to breach
of their data protection rights. The Bill as it
stands only implements Article 80(1) which allows
data subjetcs to nominate an organisation to
represent them in the complaint. The Government has
introduced an amendment which would require a review
of the implementation of Article 80(1) to be
conducted first before Article 80(2) could be
implemented. Labour proposed a counter-amendment
which would implement the article without an intial
review. Due to the Conservative majority in the
Public Bill Committee, the Government managed to
pass their amendment. </p>
<p>The Committee also discussed issues around: meaning
of “public authority” and “public body”, lawfulness
of processing: public interest, special categories
of personal data and criminal convictions data, and
automated decision-making authorised by law:
safeguards. </p>
<p>The next Public Bill Committee sittings will take
place on 20, 22 and 27 March. </p>
<h2><span id="Other_national_developments">Other
national developments</span></h2>
<h3><span id="Enforcement_of_Age_Verification_Delayed">Enforcement
of Age Verification Delayed</span></h3>
<p>On Sunday 10 March, the DCMS published <a
rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/25m-for-5g-projects-on-the-anniversary-of-the-uks-digital-strategy"
moz-do-not-send="true">a press release</a> on the
UK's digital strategy. Most of the press release was
about the rollout and adoption of 5G technology, but
further down in the document, the DCMS confirmed
that they would be extending the deadline for the
adoption of AV from April 2018 to the end of the
year: </p>
<blockquote>
<p>Our priority is to make the internet safer for
children and we believe this is best achieved by
taking time to get the implementation of the
policy right. We will therefore allow time for the
BBFC as regulator to undertake a public
consultation on its draft guidance which will be
launched later this month. </p>
<p>For the public and the industry to prepare for
and comply with age verification, the Government
will also ensure a period of up to three months
after the BBFC guidance has been cleared by
Parliament before the law comes into force. It is
anticipated age verification will be enforceable
by the end of the year. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is not unexpected for ORG, as the timescales
originally proposed by the DCMS were extremely tight
and the implementation of AV would need to be very
rushed in order to meet the original April deadline.
</p>
<h3><span
id=".27Nazi_Dog.27_Threatening_Communications_Trial_Resumes">'Nazi
Dog' Threatening Communications Trial Resumes</span></h3>
<p>YouTube performer Mark Meechan (who goes by the
alias 'Count Dankula') is facing charges in Scotland
for posting a video showing a dog he trained to
perform a 'nazi salute' on command. </p>
<p>Meechan is being charged with an offence under the
<a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/1/crossheading/threatening-communications"
moz-do-not-send="true">Offensive Behaviour at
Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland)
Act 2012</a>, which carries a potential penalty of
imprisonment for up to 5 years, a fine, or both. </p>
<p>An offence under <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Section_127"
title="Section 127" moz-do-not-send="true">Section
127</a> of the Communications Act 2003 is also
available as an alternative charge. This is the
offence which was famously used in the <a
rel="nofollow"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Joke_Trial"
moz-do-not-send="true">'Twitter Joke Trial'</a> in
2012, and is the only one that would be available if
Meechan was based in England and Wales rather than
Scotland. The Section 127 offence carries a maximum
penalty of 6 months imprisonment, an unlimited fine,
or both. </p>
<p>Meechan's trial is set to resume on Tuesday 20
March in Airdrie Sheriff Court. </p>
<h2><span id="Questions_in_the_UK_Parliament">Questions
in the UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3><span
id="Question_about_cybersecurity_and_the_Internet_of_Things">Question
about cybersecurity and the Internet of Things</span></h3>
<p>Chi Onwurah asked the Secretary of State for
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which (a)
organisations and (b) Departments were consulted in
the development of the report Secure by Design:
Improving the cybersecurity of consumer Internet of
Things. </p>
<p>Margot James <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-03-07.131551.r0"
moz-do-not-send="true">responded</a> that the
DCMS, "in conjunction with the National Cyber
Security Centre, worked in close collaboration with
a wide range of stakeholders, including government,
industry partners, consumer organisations, academics
and technical experts. The report’s publication, and
draft Code of Practice, is intended to stimulate
further dialogue with industry, academia and civil
society over the coming months, with comments sought
by 25 April 2018. This will ensure Government and
industry activity support the review and that it
collectively balances the need to create effective
incentives for manufacturers, the supply chain and
retailers, while continuing to encourage innovation
in new technologies." </p>
<h2><span 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"
moz-do-not-send="true">ORG Press Coverage</a>
for full details.</i> </p>
<dl>
<dt>2018-03-15-The Guardian-<a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/15/twitter-government-plans-online-porn-age-checks-verification-rules"
moz-do-not-send="true">Twitter a 'particular
challenge' for plans for online pornography age
checks</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Damien Gayle </dd>
<dd>Summary: Jim Killock quoted on the GDPR
providing only general rules unsuited to the
particularly sensitive information involved in the
age verification of pornographic websites.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification"
title="Online age verification"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online age verification</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a>
</dd>
<dt>2018-03-13-The Sun-<a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5798089/uk-porn-laws-lead-blackmail-extremism-suicide/"
moz-do-not-send="true">UK porn laws could lead
to blackmail, suicide – and young Brits turning
to extremism</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Sean Keach</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted extensively in a
story about age verification technology and the
potential downsides.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification"
title="Online age verification"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online age verification</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2018-03-12-BBC News-<a rel="nofollow"
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43370999"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online porn age checks
delayed in UK</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Zoe Kleinman</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted in a story about
the recent DCMS press release confirming the age
verification deadline has been pushed back.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification"
title="Online age verification"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online age verification</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2018-03-12-The Independent-<a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/porn-age-verification-laws-ageid-youporn-pornhub-mindgeek-uk-government-a8251791.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Porn age-verification
laws delayed by UK Government amid widespread
confusion about how they will actually work</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Andrew Griffin</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted in a story about
the recent DCMS press release confirming the age
verification deadline has been pushed back.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification"
title="Online age verification"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online age verification</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2018-03-12-Wired UK-<a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/porn-confusion-uk-digital-economy-act"
moz-do-not-send="true">The UK's controversial
online porn block has been delayed</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Matt Burgess</dd>
<dd>Summary: Alex Haydock quoted in a story about
the recent DCMS press release confirming the age
verification deadline has been pushed back.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification"
title="Online age verification"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online age verification</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt>2018-03-12-The Guardian-<a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/porn-site-age-checks-delayed-government-gets-process-right"
moz-do-not-send="true">Porn site age checks are
delayed to make sure officials 'get it right'</a></dt>
<dd>Author: Damien Gayle</dd>
<dd>Summary: Myles Jackman quoted in a story about
the recent DCMS press release confirming the age
verification deadline has been pushed back.</dd>
<dd>Topics: <a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification"
title="Online age verification"
moz-do-not-send="true">Online age verification</a>,
<a
href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy"
title="Privacy" moz-do-not-send="true">Privacy</a></dd>
</dl>
<h2><span id="ORG_Contact_Details">ORG Contact Details</span></h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff"
moz-do-not-send="true">Staff page</a> </p>
<ul>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#jim"
moz-do-not-send="true">Jim Killock, Executive
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#javier"
moz-do-not-send="true">Javier Ruiz, Policy
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#martha"
moz-do-not-send="true">Martha Dark, Chief
Operations Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#matthew"
moz-do-not-send="true">Matthew Rice, Scotland
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#myles"
moz-do-not-send="true">Myles Jackman, Legal
Director</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#slavka"
moz-do-not-send="true">Slavka Bielikova, Policy
Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#alex"
moz-do-not-send="true">Alex Haydock, Legal
Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#ed"
moz-do-not-send="true">Ed Johnson-Williams,
Campaigns</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#mike"
moz-do-not-send="true">Mike Morel, Campaigns</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#caitlin"
moz-do-not-send="true">Caitlin Bishop, Campaigns
Communication Officer</a></li>
<li> <a rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#lee"
moz-do-not-send="true">Lee Maguire, Tech</a></li>
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