ANONYMITY ON THE INTERNET

Early day motion 2654, tabled 26 January 2012 by Robert Halfon (Conservative). Signed by 19 members.

That this House is concerned at reports in the Wall Street Journal that Google may now be combining nearly all the information it has on its users, which could make it harder for them to remain anonymous; notes that Google's new policy is planned to take effect on 1 March 2012, but that this has not been widely advertised or highlighted to Google's users and customers, who now number more than 800 million people; and therefore concludes that Google should make efforts to consult on these changes and that the firm should be extremely careful in the months ahead not to risk the same kind of mass privacy violations that took place under its StreetView programme, which the Australian Minister for Communications called the largest privacy breach in historyacross western democracies.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 3, DUP 2, Green 1.