How does this rate as a completely inaccurate story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7557963.stm
"Plans to give local councils and other public bodies the power to monitor
e-mail and internet traffic have been branded a "snoopers' charter"."
Council's have had these powers since January 2004. The story is really
about implementing new data retention laws but as usual the "anti terror
legislation" gets it in the neck.
Please find below a link to the latest report (2007) of the Interception of
Communications Commissioner (ICC) which has now been published. It also deal
with how councils are using these powers:
http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0708/hc09/0947/0947.pdf
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Act Now Training
www.actnow.org.uk
Surveillance and Information law Training
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