A Bill to create an offence of impersonating a public sector website for the purpose of collecting payment or personal data; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
4 May 2022
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This Bill would make it illegal to impersonate a public sector website in order to trick people into paying money or handing over personal information. It aims to reduce scams where scammers create fake government or public service sites to harvest data or money.
The Bill has had its 1st reading on 21 June 2021 and its 2nd reading on 6 May 2022. It is currently at the 2nd reading in the Commons, with no further stages recorded in the provided information.
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21 Jun 2021
6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
