ISPA to Give Evidence on Personal Internet Security
House of Lords turns to ISPA to address the Science and Technology Committee
Monday, 12th March 2007
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) - the UK’s leading Internet trade association – has been called upon to give evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
ISPA will aid the Committee in their Personal Internet Security inquiry. The inquiry has been prompted by increasing home computer use, broadband take-up and the growth of eCommerce and Internet banking.
ISPA Council members James Blessing, Chief Operating Officer at Entanet; Matthew Henton, Head of Marketing at Brightview and Camille de Stempel, Director of Policy at AOL, will be giving evidence to the committee on March 14th 2007.
The UK Internet industry has an excellent track record of making the ‘net safer through self-regulation. ISPA members regularly invest in educating customers by providing advice and guidance on Internet security issues, such as avoiding viruses, preventing their PCs from being hacked, and limiting and reporting spam.
Since the Committee’s call for evidence in 2006, ISPA has submitted written evidence to the inquiry and held a Parliamentary Advisory Forum event in January 2007 on Personal Internet Security. The discussion was attended by Parliamentarians, government officials, law enforcement representatives and leading figures from industry, highlighting ISPA's commitment to a multi-stakeholder approach addressing the economic, technological and social issues of online security.
ISPA is currently drafting a series of Best Current Practice (BCP) documents advising ISPA members on various issues. Each BCP represents what ISPA considers to be best practice at the time of publishing.
Jessica Hendrie-Liaño, Chair of ISPA Council said “Tackling personal Internet security must be a joint effort between the Internet industry, the Government and significantly end-users. It is important that the nature of the Internet is understood and the success of the industry’s hard work to date is acknowledged.”
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Notes to editors:
The views expressed in this release are those of the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) and do not necessarily reflect the corporate policies of the individual companies that are members of the Association or other organisations that may be mentioned in the release.
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A review of ISPA's Parliamentary Advisory Forum on Personal Internet Security can be found at http://www.ispa.org.uk/events/page_331.html
About the Internet Services Providers’ Association:
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) was established in 1995 as a trade association to represent providers of Internet services in the UK. ISPA promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry. For a list of members or other information about ISPA, please consult the website: www.ispa.org.uk