Member

Some may say that the existing law is adequate and we simply need to make better use of the Fraud Act or computer misuse offences. With respect, that underestimates the problems. It sends the wrong signal to say that the theft of your identity is not a harm in itself but merely an adjunct to other offences. Practically, it makes it harder for law enforcement to build cases against those at the centre of identity-harvesting operations because the legal framework is not designed to capture the preparatory misuse of data in this way.