Proposed legislation
(work in progress) Proposed legislation affecting online/digital rights.
UK Parliament
Bills that are known to affect computer and communications network usage, electronic privacy, copyright, etc:
2016-17
- As yet unannounced Digital Bill 2016
2015-16
- See General Election 2015 Party Manifestos#Conservatives
- Investigatory Powers Bill
- may update Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (due to sunset of sections)
- Counter-Extremism Bill
- Online Safety Bill (PMB)
- A draft UK Bill of Rights
- Possible legislation requiring websites implement online age verification
- Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) Bill (PMB)
2014-15
Communications Bill (expected)- Consumer Rights Bill
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill- Digital Economy Act/Technical Measures (SI) (expected)
Mobile Phones and Other Devices Capable of Connection to the Internet (Distribution of Sexually Explicit Images and Manufacturers’ Anti-Pornography Default Setting) Bill(PMB)- Serious Crime Bill
Online Safety Bill(PMB)- as yet unnamed bill covering sites hosing "films that glamourise sexual violence and abuse"
Internet Communications (Regulation) Bill(PMB)
2013-14
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill
- Intellectual Property Bill
- IP address matching proposals (may potentially not require primary legislation)
- Draft Consumer Rights Bill
- Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
- Deregulation Bill
Online Safety Bill (PMB)- Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill
- Unsolicited Telephone Communications Bill (PMB)
- Local Audit and Accountability Bill
- Licensed Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles (Closed Circuit Television) Bill (PMB)
- Surveillance of Telecommunications (Judicial Oversight) Bill (PMB)
2012-13
- Draft Communications Data Bill
Crime and Courts BillDefamation Bill- Digital Economy Act/Initial Obligations Code (SI)
Electoral Registration and Administration BillEnterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill- Interception of Communications (Admissibility of evidence) Bill (PMB)
Justice and Security Bill- Offshore Gambling Bill (PMB)
Online Safety Bill (PMB)- Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press
Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill 2012 (PMB)- Suicide (Prevention) Bill (PMB)
- Supermarket Pricing Information Bill (PMB)
2010-12
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill (PMB)Internet Regulation (Material Inciting Gang Violence) Bill (PMB)Online Safety Bill (PMB)Suicide (Prevention) Bill (PMB)
European Union
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement 2011- IPRED (Intellectual Property Rights Directive )
- Data Protection Regulation
- Attacks Against Information Systems Directive