Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that the public is properly informed of how to ensure the safety and security of their personal details online.

The Government takes the issue of cyber crime extremely seriously. Cyber Streetwise is the Government’s national campaign to increase online security by encouraging both members of the public and SMEs to take simple actions to protect themselves and their information online as they would do in ‘real life’. Cyber Streetwise first launched in January 2014 and is funded by the Government’s National Cyber Security Programme. Following its initial success, Phase 2 of the campaign launched this week with a newly designed website, including a dedicated section on protecting your online privacy.