November 1, 2007

Government dismisses cyber crime recommendations

by Jan Harris

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Government dismisses cyber crime recommendations
Lord Erroll, a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, has expressed disappointment at the Government’s response to the committee’s report into personal internet security.

According to Lord Erroll, the Government has failed to react appropriately to the report and has dismissed every recommendation out of hand.

The forward-looking report addressed emerging risks, and its recommendations focused on incentives to motivate everyone to improve security.

The report was published on 10 August and the government’s reply was presented to parliament last week.

The report’s warning that public confidence in the web would be damaged by the perception that it is a lawless ‘Wild West’, was rejected by the government, who said that their was an acceptable level of comfort with the technology.

The government also rejected the recommendation for a data-breach notification law to provide businesses with incentives to take better care of customer data, saying that such a law might not be effective.

However, the government said it would consider implementing more formal ways of reporting security breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office, when problems arise.

The committee’s calls for software and hardware vendors to be liable for the security of their products, and for banks to guarantee e-fraud refunds, were also rejected.

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