Two amendments to the Data (Access and Use) Bill that would have established a statutory legal defence for security professionals and ethical hackers to protect them from prosecution under the 1990 ...

The long-awaited reform of Britain’s outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 – which has hamstrung the work of the nation’s cyber security professionals and researchers for years – is to be included in a ...

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 ...

Portugal has become the latest country to carve out protections for researchers under its cybersecurity law.… The move increases pressure on the UK after a government minister admitted last week that ...

Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 18 March 2026. Uganda's Constitutional Court has delivered a ...

The Constitutional Court has declared 10 provisions of the Computer Misuse Act unconstitutional, ruling that the law introduced under the 2022 amendments violates fundamental rights relating to ...

The UK government has formally pledged to rewrite the 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) to shield cybersecurity professionals from potential prosecution for legitimate threat research. "We've ...

A landmark ruling has nullified Uganda's controversial Computer Misuse amendments and criminal defamation provisions, halting their enforcement over procedural violations and rights concerns. This ...

The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018, which was amended at the end of last year, has come under scrutiny as it is being used by the government to target those it views as utilising online ...

A former employee in the Houses of Parliament was arrested last week under anti-hacking laws. Counter terror detectives arrested for former staff member at an address in Coventry on Thursday, April 16 ...