Consultation outcome

Computer Misuse Act 1990: call for information

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Published
11 May 2021
Last updated
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Detail of outcome

This is the government response to the public consultation on the Computer Misuse Act 1990 that ran from 11 May 2021 to 8 June 2021. It provides a summary of the responses received on whether there is activity causing harm in the area covered by the Act that is not adequately addressed by the current offences.

See the consultation Review of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to give feedback on the proposals made following the call for information.

Original consultation

Summary

The scope of this call is the Computer Misuse Act 1990, including offences and the powers available to law enforcement agencies to investigate those offences.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This paper sets out the call for information on the Computer Misuse Act 1990. The consultation is aimed at UK organisations including:

  • academia
  • business
  • law enforcement agencies
  • the cybersecurity industry
  • private sector

Since the Act was passed 30 years ago, our reliance on the digital world has increased enormously and we are now critically dependent on the internet. The call’s aim is to identify whether there is activity causing harm in the area covered by the Act that is not adequately addressed by the current offences.

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Published 11 May 2021
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