Others are covering the DP issue quite well.
Just to pick up on Alan's point though, and it may be pedantic, but RIPA
does not actually permit surveillance. It makes certain types of
surveillance human rights compliant if RIPA procedures are followed.
However, the converse is not true, and if you do not comply with RIPA,
there is no offence(civil or criminal) under RIPA.
See section 80 of RIPA.
Having said that Housing Trusts are not RIPA authorities so they can't
comply with RIPA even if they wanted to. They are human rights
authorities though (see the Poplar case) and so still have to consider
Article 8 - privacy.
Hope this adds to the debate.
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Act Now Training
www.actnow.org.uk <http://www.actnow.org.uk/>
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I was under the impression that Housing Trusts were not permitted under
RIPA to carry out covert surveillance
Alan
Alan Stead
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Dear all,
I was wondering if anyone had a policy on the above which they would be
willing to share?
I am particularly interested in how this is operated by non-public
authorities.
Replies on or off list are fine.
Many thanks,
Tanya Holden
Information Governance Manager
Metropolitan Housing Trust
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