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Thousands of lives could be at risk after High Court courts judges ruled snooping powers were unlawful in a humiliating defeat for Theresa May <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11741269/Theresa-May-refuses-permission-for-water-cannon-to-be-used-on-British-mainland.html>. Senior judges said the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (Dripa) did not provide sufficient safeguards when the police and security services “spy on citizens”. They ruled that the surveillance powers, which allow access to phone and email records, should be limited to combating terrorism and serious crime. http://bit.ly/1HJbb3p http://bit.ly/1HJbb3p+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]