The government is to begin work on reforming the 31-year-old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990, and has set out plans to launch a consultation to gather input and guidance from stakeholders later in ...

The Computer Misuse Act turns 30 next year, with some in the industry calling for revisions to be made to bring it up to speed with modern security research practices. However, as Dan Raywood finds ...

The Computer Misuse Act of 1990, which criminalises people who attempt to access or modify data on a computer without authorisation, is well past being due for an overhaul and may even be putting the ...

I'm dreaming of a white hat mass Opinion It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, ...

The All-Party Internet Group (APIG) will be holding a public hearing into whether the Computer Misuse Act needs bringing up to date. The APIG is an organisation that attempts to bridge the gap between ...

Some in the UK security industry are calling for an update to the CMA to allow them to conduct security research without threat of prosecution. The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990 defines what ...

The Computer Misuse Act -- which became law many years before the Internet entered the mainstream -- is a failure and needs a major overhaul, according to some analysts. But the All Party Internet ...

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Uganda's Constitutional Court outlaws Section 25 of Uganda's controversial Computer Misuse Act for its violation of civil liberties and contravention of constitutional guarantees. This statement was ...

Ugandan media groups and rights activists on Monday filed a court challenge to a controversial new internet law that they protest is aimed at curtailing free speech and quashing dissent. A total of 13 ...