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House of Lords discusses child safety online
News The House of Lords is to debate the issue of protecting children online Tuesday at a seminar entitled Protecting the online generation: the crucial role of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). The purpose of the seminar is to engage with...
[January 22, 2001, 14:34]
Micro Focus tables ‘Tech-Manifesto’ at House of Lords
Blog After accepting an invite to the House of Lords I would expect more than just a press release; thankfully I did get a little more than that yesterday morning. Micro Focus used the Cholmondeley Room on Westminster Terrace to launch its Technology...
[July 22, 2009, 13:42]
Cyber-snooping Bill through House of Commons
News It is now up to the House of Lords to decide whether the Bill becomes law. The much maligned RIP (Regulation of Investigatory Powers) Bill, or 'snooping bill' as it is better known, completed its third and final reading in the House of Commons...
[May 9, 2000, 17:03]
A Year Ago: Cybersnooping Bill through House of Commons
News It is now up to the House of Lords to decide whether the Bill becomes law. In a heated exchange, Tory and Liberals struck out at the human rights implications, as well as the workability and potential cost of the RIP Bill in the House.
[May 9, 2001, 6:03]
Lords call for parliament to get more online
News A House of Lords committee has called for parliament to make greater use of the internet to engage with the public. The committee has already invited the BBC and the House of Lords administration to see how they can work together on the BBC's...
[July 17, 2009, 15:49]
ID card battle remains deadlocked
News The ID cards battle remains deadlocked after MPs again overturned a House of Lords amendment that would have prevented people being forced to register for an ID card when applying for a passport. It is the second time this week that MPs have...
[March 16, 2006, 15:30]
Lords probes online security risks
News A House of Lords committee investigating internet security has heard evidence from leading financial services organisations. The House of Lords launched its enquiry in July. Phishing was one issue being investigated by the Lords committee.
[December 14, 2006, 16:29]
Lords backs amendment to data-loss law
News Losing personal data took a step closer to becoming a criminal offence after the House of Lords backed a change in the law. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said it would consider its position on making data loss a criminal offence following the...
[April 29, 2008, 8:10]
Lords inquiry looks again at internet security
News The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has announced a follow-up inquiry to its Personal Internet Security report. The House of Lords is likely to be debating the report in the summer and to ensure that the debate is as well informed...
[February 21, 2008, 8:36]
Lords: Put a stop to 'pervasive' snooping
News New powers are needed to combat a culture of "pervasive" surveillance that has seen the UK become the most spied-upon country in the world, a House of Lords committee said on Thursday. UK residents are now watched by more about four million CCTV...
[February 6, 2009, 12:22]
Lords to debate gov't progress on internet security
News The House of Lords will debate personal internet security on Friday, with the aim of assessing the progress the government has made on protecting the public. The debate follows on from the publication of two reports by the House of Lords Science...
[October 6, 2008, 15:16]
Lords to consider Nasa hacker appeal
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa's computer systems, may be able to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US. According to a firm of solicitors acting on behalf McKinnon, the law lords will consider...
[August 1, 2007, 12:52]
The wrong ID won't get you very far
Leader Having struggled through the House of Commons on an anaemic majority, the bill's up before the House of Lords. The House of Lords has done well to act on such forebodings, and we hope that once back in the Commons the MPs will do the decent thing...
[January 17, 2006, 14:50]
Lords chides government over internet security
News The government must act now or risk losing public confidence in the security of the internet, an influential House of Lords committee has found. A wide-ranging inquiry into personal internet security conducted by the House of Lords Science and...
[August 10, 2007, 0:01]
Government suffers another ID Card defeat
News The government ID cards bill has suffered two more defeats in the House of Lords after peers voted in favour of further amendments to the proposed legislation. The report stage of the ID cards bill in the House of Lords was completed on Monday with...
[February 1, 2006, 10:10]
Nasa hacker gets temporary reprieve
News Last month McKinnon lost his battle in the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking various military systems. After the House of Lords, the European Court Human Rights is the last court," said Dinkeldein.
[August 12, 2008, 13:22]
Nasa hacker loses Lords appeal against extradition
News Gary McKinnon, the so-called 'Nasa hacker', has lost his appeal to the House of Lords and now faces deportation to the US. On Wednesday morning, the House of Lords dismissed McKinnon's case. McKinnon's case was heard by Lord Brown of Eaton-under...
[July 30, 2008, 15:02]
Ermine, security and common sense
Leader After it mounted the only plausible opposition to ID cards, we're getting used to the House of Lords being the sole provider of effective oversight for the UK's technology policy. Many of these areas overlap, so the House of Lords' first task must...
[July 31, 2006, 17:25]
Lords to consider data retention objections
News The House of Lords will on Monday consider amendments to anti-terror legislation that reject government plans to stockpile communications and traffic data for non-terrorist as well as terrorist investigations.
[November 30, 2001, 17:40]
ID card bill savaged by the Lords, again
News The House of Lords has dealt another blow to the government's ID cards bill by voting against making it compulsory for people to have their biometric details included on the National Identity Register (NIR) when they apply for a new passport.
[January 24, 2006, 17:00]
