While ministers had threatened to use the Parliament Actto push the age of consent measure through the Lords, the same act cannot be used to repeal Section 28 because the legislation began its current parliamentary passage in the upper house.
To this end, governments, the private sector and other agencies must act from the outset to safeguard principles of informed consent, data confidentiality and security, according to the report.
The online chatter also prompted Games Workshop to put a statement about the row on its Facebook page, in which it said it had "no choice" but toact in cases where its trademarks in a commercially available product were being used without its consent.