1.8.1. Internet Security
1.8.1.1. Pass a Digital Bill of Rights, to define and enshrine the digital rights of the citizen.
1.8.1.2. Safeguard the essential freedom of the internet and back net neutrality, the principle that internet service providers should enable access to all lawful content and applications regardless of the source, and without favouring or blocking particular products or websites.
1.8.1.3. Set stricter limits on surveillance and consider carefully the outcomes of the reviews we initiated on surveillance legislation by the Royal United Services Institute and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation David Anderson QC.
1.8.1.4. We are opposed to the blanket collection of UK residents’ personal communications by the police or the intelligence agencies. Access to metadata, live content, or the stored content of personal communications must only take place without consent where there is reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or to prevent threats to life.
1.8.1.5. Enshrine the principle that everyone has the right to control their own personal data, and that everyone should be able to view, correct, and (where appropriate and proportionate) delete their personal data, wherever it is held.
1.8.1.6. Forbid any public body from collecting, storing or processing personal data without statutory authority, and require any such legislation to be regularly reviewed.
1.8.1.7. Give increased powers and resources for the Information Commissioner and introduce custodial sentences for egregious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
1.8.1.8. Ensure privacy is protected to the same extent in telecoms and online as in the offline world. Public authorities should only invade an individual’s privacy where there is reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or where it is otherwise necessary and proportionate to do so in the public interest, and with appropriate oversight by the courts
1.8.1.9. Ensure that privacy policies and terms and conditions of online services, including smartphone apps, must be clear, concise and easy for the user to understand
1.8.1.10. Uphold the right of individuals, businesses and public bodies to use strong encryption to protect their privacy and security online.
1.8.1.5. Enshrine the principle that everyone has the right to control their own personal data, and that everyone should be able to view, correct, and (where appropriate and proportionate) delete their personal data, wherever it is held.
1.8.1.6. Forbid any public body from collecting, storing or processing personal data without statutory authority, and require any such legislation to be regularly reviewed.
1.8.1.7. Give increased powers and resources for the Information Commissioner and introduce custodial sentences for egregious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
1.8.1.8. Ensure privacy is protected to the same extent in telecoms and online as in the offline world. Public authorities should only invade an individual’s privacy where there is reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or where it is otherwise necessary and proportionate to do so in the public interest, and with appropriate oversight by the courts
1.8.1.9. Ensure that privacy policies and terms and conditions of online services, including smartphone apps, must be clear, concise and easy for the user to understand
1.8.1.10. Uphold the right of individuals, businesses and public bodies to use strong encryption to protect their privacy and security online.
1.8.2. Internet Safety
1.8.2.1. Make it clear that online services have a duty to provide age-appropriate policies, guidance and support to the children and young people who use their services.
1.8.2.1. Make it clear that online services have a duty to provide age-appropriate policies, guidance and support to the children and young people who use their services.