9 A/HRC/RES/20/8 and A/HRC/RES/26/13 (The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet), as well as General Assembly resolutions A/RES/68/167 and A/RES 69/166 (The right to privacy in the digital age), to guarantee full respect for human rights, including the right to freedom of expression; The United Kingdom is committed to a free, open and secure internet, where people can, without undue obstruction, communicate and access information online. The UK is firmly committed to the right to privacy, freedom of expression in line with international human rights law. The UK co-sponsored the 2012, 2014 and 2016 UN Human Rights Council resolutions on the protection, promotion and enjoyment of human rights on the internet. In accordance with those resolutions, we continue to affirm that the same rights people have offline must be protected online. The UK has also supported Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions on the right to privacy in the digital age. At Human Rights Council 41, the UK co-sponsored a resolution on New and Emerging Digital Technologies and Cyber. The UK is also a party to various human rights treaties under the UN and Council of Europe and is a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe whose remit includes human rights. The UK has put in place a combination of policies and legislation to give effect to the human rights treaties that it has ratified. Those which are relevant in this case include:  The Human Rights Act 19987 (HRA), sets out in domestic legislation certain rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights, including freedom of expression and the right to privacy. This has been further articulated by the Freedom of Information Act 20008 and the Data Protection Act 20189. o Article 8 of the ECHR protects the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence (online and offline). This also includes the protection of personal data. o Article 8 also stipulates that there shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except in accordance with the law and where it is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic wellbeing of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. o Article 9 of the ECHR protects freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Article 10 protects freedom of expression and Article 11 protects freedom of assembly and association. The Convention 7 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/contents 9 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/contents/enacted 8