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Parliament has been in recess from 10th April and will sit again on the 28th April.
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This is ORG's Parliamentary Update for the week beginning 21/04/2014
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If you are reading this online, you can also subscribe to the [http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/listinfo/parliamentary.monitor email version].
If you are reading this online, you can also subscribe to the [http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/listinfo/parliamentary.monitor email version].
== Official Meetings ==
== Official Meetings ==
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Javier Ruiz, met with the [[Cabinet Office]] to discuss data sharing.
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Jim Killock met with John Woodward, who is conducting a review into the Creative Industries for Labour. Today the [https://www.dontspyonus.org.uk/pi Don't spy on Us] campaign are meeting with the chief editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger.
==NSA and GCHQ updates==
==NSA and GCHQ updates==
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''A full list of open consultations and Parliamentary events can be found on our [[Events|Events]]''
''A full list of open consultations and Parliamentary events can be found on our [[Events|Events]]''
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HM Revenue & Customs propose legislation
to
sell off tax payer information
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Department for business release survey results outlining effects of security breaches
to
UK businesses
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[
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/dont-sell-our-tax-data See ORG's petition
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The
[
[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
]
] has published the results of their 2013 survey, asking businesses how information security breaches were affecting their work.
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The [[HM Revenue
and
Customs| HM Revenue & Customs]] are currently writing legislation that could allow for taxpayer information
to
be sold to private firms for
[
http
://www.
theguardian
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sell
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taxpayers
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data commercial research
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The Guardia
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These were some of the major findings:
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* 81% of large organisations
and
60% of small businesses have had security breaches in the past year. Down from 86% and 64% respectively, from the year before.
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* 600k - £1.15m is the average cost
to
a large organisation of its worst security breach of the year (up from £450 - £850k a year ago)
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* 26% of respondents use the government's
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https
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gov
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uk
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government
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uploads
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system
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uploads
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attachment_data/file/73129/12-1121-10-steps
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cyber
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security
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advice-sheets
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pdf “the Ten Steps”] guidance tool as protection against [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307297/bis-14-766-information-security-breaches-survey-2014-executive-summary-revision1.pdf information security breaches
(
Gov.uk
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You can view the full report and executive summary [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-security-breaches-survey-2014 online].
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===Contributions for international cyber security capacity building fund, now open==
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The [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] has invited project bids for their international cyber security capacity building fund. The fund was announced by hague at Budapest Cyber Conference on 4-5 October 2012 and aims to fund the National Cyber Security strategy objectives National Cyber SecurityProgramme (NCSP)
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find all details on gov.uk site https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fco-international-cyber-security-capacity-building-fund
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==New chief for national cyber crime agency==
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http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/news-listings/366-dr-jamie-suanders-appointed-as-director-of-national-cyber-crime-unit
== Committees ==
== Committees ==
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== International Developments ==
== International Developments ==
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http://io9.com/the-internet-is-about-to-become-worse-than-television-1569504174
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http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-04/cp140064en.pdf
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==american data prtection laws to extend to europeans http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/01/white-house-extends-data-privacy-protections
== European Union ==
== European Union ==
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== Law and Legal Cases ==
== Law and Legal Cases ==
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American
court rules
that customer's emails should be turned over
,
even if their hosted on overseas servers
,
when issued
a
valid US search warrant
. http://www.
reuters
.com/
article
/2014/04/
25
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us
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usa
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tech
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warrants
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idUSBREA3O24P20140425
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===Spanish
court rules
in favour of peer-to-peer networks===
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In 2008, three record labels, Universal, Sony, EMI, Warner
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and Productores de Música de España
,
sued
a
[[Peer-to-peer]] network, MP2P Technologies, for illicit content
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http://www.
digitalmusicnews
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permalink
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p2pspain
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http://news.en.softonic.com/peer-to-peer
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now
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legal
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in
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spain
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==Political Parties==
==Political Parties==
==Commercial Stakeholders==
==Commercial Stakeholders==
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===Google's new terms of service clarify they scan users emails===
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[[Google]] has clarified in their new terms of service that they analyse content "to provide you personally relevant product features, such as customised search results, tailored advertising, and spam and malware detection.". The content analysed include emails that are sent and received.
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ORG's Executive Director, Jim Killock, told the Guardian “This is not the worst thing Google does (…) But like anything like this, if people are concerned about it they should be able to completely [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/15/gmail-scans-all-emails-new-google-terms-clarify switch it off if they want to.” (The Guardian)].
== ORG Media coverage ==
== ORG Media coverage ==