The first Parliamentary inquiry into personal internet security
is being launched this week on what the House of Lords describes as
an issue of "ever increasing importance to the public, businesses
and Government".
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will
consider the threats as well as the adequacy of the regulatory
framework for internet services and the cybercrime laws of the
UK.
Chairman Lord Broers said: "Technology is changing so fast that
no-one seems to have had time to step back and look in the round at
the emerging threats to personal security, and the ways society
might counter them. This inquiry gives Parliament a chance to do
just that.”
His committee wants to hear from members of the public who have
had direct experience of internet security problems before 23rd
October 2006.
It is expected that the Committee's report will appear in summer
2007.
