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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 25 November 2016 (named day). It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Friday, 25 November 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Tickets: Touting

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there have been under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on the misuse of bots for the harvesting of event tickets through primary ticketing platforms.

Answer

It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted under Computer Misuse Act specifically related to misuse of bots for the harvesting of event tickets without incurring disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
54167
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Internet Prosecutions Touting Tickets
Legislation
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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