Colleagues
I have written an article on email and internet surveillance which looks at
RIPA. It is on our website and free to download.
www.actnow.org.uk
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Act Now Training
Information Law Training and Resources
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland Perry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] RIPA
> In message
> <[log in to unmask]
> nd.gov.uk>, Graham Hadfield <[log in to unmask]>
> writes
> >The Home Office Guidance is complete - RIPA powers are only usable by
those
> >bodies listed in its Schedules, all of which are public authorities.
>
> This is a misunderstanding. Many of the powers within RIPA are indeed
> restricted to different subsets of public authorities: Warranted
> interception, comms data disclosure, surveillance (and when "turned on",
> encryption key seizure).
>
> However, RIPA also allows mere mortals several powers: to intercept on
> private networks [1], at the workplace [2] (see the Lawful Business
> Regulations and the OIC's guidance on employee monitoring), and as
> operators of public networks (to ensure their proper operation).
>
> [1] Trivially by lifting an extension phone in your house, for example.
> [2] Corporate virus checkers are deemed to be intercepting emails
> (although with my day-job hat on I have always lobbied that this is
> stretching the definitions rather further than Parliament intended).
> --
> Roland Perry
>
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