The House of Lords to Debate Internet Security
Posted: 07th Oct, 2008 By: MarkJ
The House of Lords will this week debate two reports on personal Internet security published by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee last year. The debate will take place around 12:00noon on Friday the 10th October.
The Committee has been critical of the Government for failing to grasp the extent of the potential threats to Internet users and dubbed the internet a 'wild west' where individuals were left responsible for their safety online:
The original report 'Personal Internet Security', its follow-up, the Governments response and the various press releases associated with the inquiry can be found online via the Science and Technology Committee's homepage at: http://www.parliament.uk/hlscience .
The Committee has been critical of the Government for failing to grasp the extent of the potential threats to Internet users and dubbed the internet a 'wild west' where individuals were left responsible for their safety online:
Speaking ahead of the debate Lord Broers, said: "In our initial report we raised concerns that public confidence in the Internet could be undermined if more was not done to prevent and prosecute e-crime. We felt that the Government, the police and the software developers were failing to meet their responsibilities and were quite unreasonably leaving individual users to fend for themselves.
Some of our recommendations, such as the establishment of a specialist e-crime police unit, are now being acted on by Government. But others, such as software developers liability for damage caused by security flaws and enabling people to report online fraud directly to the police rather than their bank, have either been ignored or are awaiting action.
This debate will enable members of the House to question the Government on what has been achieved and will allow members of the Committee to reassert their calls for better protection for Internet users."
Some of our recommendations, such as the establishment of a specialist e-crime police unit, are now being acted on by Government. But others, such as software developers liability for damage caused by security flaws and enabling people to report online fraud directly to the police rather than their bank, have either been ignored or are awaiting action.
This debate will enable members of the House to question the Government on what has been achieved and will allow members of the Committee to reassert their calls for better protection for Internet users."
The original report 'Personal Internet Security', its follow-up, the Governments response and the various press releases associated with the inquiry can be found online via the Science and Technology Committee's homepage at: http://www.parliament.uk/hlscience .
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