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Government monitoring requests rise for phone, email

...The Interception of Communications Commissioner has revealed that police and other agencies made 21... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Kable

Tougher interception laws to reach Twitter

...to limit the disclosure of data and unauthorised access to records. The Interception of Communications Commissioner would oversee the collection of data by service providers... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

ISPs kept in dark about UK's plans to intercept Twitter

ISPs have not been formally consulted on an expansion of government plans that will log who is talking to whom on social networks, gaming platforms and other online sites Read more

20 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

EU moves to stop surveillance tech sales to despots

...the Spy Files included France's Amesys, which offers products for mass interception of communications. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who in early 2010... Read more

8 December, 2011 by David Meyer

MI5 software error leads to wrongful data collection

...result of a software error, according to the annual report by the interception of communications commissioner Sir Paul Kennedy. A spreadsheet formatting error caused the... Read more

4 July, 2011 by S A Mathieson

UK interception law consultation excludes civil groups

...the functions public bodies use to carry out the surveillance, investigation and interception of communications, particularly those over the internet. Six civil society campaign organisations... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Jack Clark

Home Office consults on interception law

...E-Privacy Directive. One of the problems lies in Ripa saying that interception of communications is permissible if the organisation performing the interception has "reasonable... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Commission refers UK to court over privacy laws

...there is no independent national authority that can hear complaints about the interception of communications. Current UK law, such as Ripa, authorises interception when the... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google prosecution pursued by privacy group

...could have discarded it all." The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act prohibits interception of communications unless by authorised authorities. The Information Commissioner's Office said... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
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...increase in standard police and domestic intelligence. The central activities are traditional: interception of communications, and the tracing of persons. New technology has, however, expanded... Read more

21 July, 2011

Communication interception goes global

...of the tens of thousands of parties worldwide involved in the lawful interception of communications. The committee is prevented from finalising or approving a technical... Read more

24 January, 2003 by James Pearce

Home Office wins Internet Villain award

The Home Office came out top of the UK government's 'axis of evil' agencies as doing most harm to e-commerce. However, the Information Commissioner won the Internet Hero award Read more

14 February, 2002 by Matt Loney

Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance

At the heart of the surveillance debate is the proposed Interception of Communications Act, which, if it is made law, will give the... Read more

27 September, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance - Part 2

At the heart of the surveillance debate is the proposed Interception of Communications Act (IOCA), which, if it is made law, will give... Read more

27 September, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Privacy experts slam snooping code of practice

...that the Home Office consultation paper offers no guidelines on the legitimate interception of communications Read more

15 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

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