Antoinette
But how does RIPA type controls operate on letters? Royal Mail also has
different legislation and controls over interference with postal mail than
that which applies to ISP's. I accept its a starter argument re privacy but
the two environments are different. Email is arguably more akin to a
postcard.
David
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Subject: RE: [data-protection] ISP customers and Email
> My way of looking at these types of issues is to consider the
non-technical
> equivalent. If I put a letter in the post, the information contained
within
> it remains secret until the recipient opens it at the other end (unless of
> course it gets intercepted illegally). Can you call the Royal Mail a
"data
> processor"? Or a motorcycle courier? If you can, an ISP would be too;
but
> I can't really see that.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidwyatt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 03 February 2004 22:57
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [data-protection] ISP customers and Email
>
>
> For debate :
>
> For all of us who have an email account with an ISP I would like to have
you
> views on whether the ISP can claim to be the data controller of email sent
> to you.
>
> To start the ball rolling I'll argue they cannot. This is based on the
fact
> it is 'my correspondence' hopefully secured in a manner which keeps it
> private from the ISP's employees and others. The ISP only process for me
as
> part of the services contract I enter into with them?
>
> I am the data controller and claim section 36 Domestic purposes exemption.
> So is the ISP my processor?
>
> Views
>
> David Wyatt
>
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