The Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill’s second reading is scheduled for 6 January. The Bill aims to make “provision … about the security and resilience of network and information systems used or ...

19 civil society organisations have called on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to formally investigate data protection breaches and accessibility issues arising as a result of the Home ...

Public sector approach has failed to protect the public from bad data management, leaving government and public bodies on a weak footing to face growing data security threats Over 70 civil society ...

Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group said: “A costly and and divisive digital ID card scheme was not on Labour’s manifesto, and it’s the last thing this government should be embarking ...

From Friday 25 July 2025, UK Internet users have had to verify their age to use a range of apps and websites – from social media platforms such as X, Reddit and Bluesky to dating apps like Grindr to ...

When the UK last proposed age verification for adult content online, we analysed the deficiencies with the proposed code of practice for AV, which, as with the current Ofcom codes, left providers to ...

Tell the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology that Age Assurance done under the Online Safety Act must be safe, private and trusted. Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and ...

The proscription of Palestine Action will come into effect on Saturday unless the High Court issues a temporary block on the order today. On Wednesday, MPs voted for the direct action group to be ...

Digital rights campaigners Open Rights Group has condemned the last minute addition of extreme powers to the Crime and Policing Bill. The new additions would give the police the powers to extract data ...

Open Rights Group believes that Ofcom should root its regulation, and the UK Parliament should base its law, in human rights law, taking advantage of prior work on content moderation such as: the 2013 ...

The Online Safety Act 2023 is a complex piece of legislation that places extensive duties on Internet service providers regarding content moderation, transparency reporting, and age verification. It ...

The UK Government is trying to use algorithms to predict which people are most likely to become killers using sensetive personal data of hundreds of thousands of people. The secretive project, ...