Apologies. I meant, of course, the Malone case and the *Halford* case. Allison is a Computer Misuse Act case - I'm doing some work on the CNA 1990
at the moment and my wires got crossed :-)
Andrew
--On 21 February 2002 10:52 +0000 Andrew Charlesworth
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If one looks at the
> rationale for the RIPA - the fact that the UK was, in the Malone case and
> the Allison case, chastised by the ECHR, not for the act of interception,
> but for the lack of a legal framework, with appropriate protection for the
> rights and freedoms of individuals, within which it could take place - it
> would seem logical that routine monitoring would be permissible, if there
> is appropriate protection for the rights and freedoms of individuals (for
> example, a clear and oft repeated statement that their e-mail may/will be
> monitored, and an internal publicised mechanism for dealing with breaches
> by users and by interceptors).
Andrew Charlesworth
Senior Lecturer in IT Law
Director, Information Law and Technology Unit
University of Hull Law School
Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
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