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Tougher interception laws to reach Twitter

...Commissioner would oversee the collection of data by service providers, while the Investigatory Powers Tribunal would give people a place to complain about misuse of... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

ISP brands UK internet spying plans 'pointless'

...Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP), will extend the reach of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) to force ISPs to provide real-time access... Read more

17 May, 2012

Slapdash Facebook settings lead to arrests

...in — tough, we will do it," said Hyde. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), the police can monitor open social networks without authorisation... Read more

26 April, 2012

EC drops UK Phorm infringement case

...said the statement. The government took steps to amend the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) after European Commission pressure. The Commission referred the UK... Read more

27 January, 2012

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

...comply with both UK privacy laws as well as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa)". Civil liberties concerns Ten civil liberties organisations, including Liberty... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Twitter, Facebook and RIM 'look forward' to riots talks

...comply with both UK privacy laws as well as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa), which are of course the same laws that apply... Read more

12 August, 2011 by David Meyer

If BBM is helping rioters, RIPA will catch them

...one of the tools rioters had used, with a signed Regulatory of Investigatory Powers section 49 letter. RIM would be required to hand over message... Read more

8 August, 2011

Ripa changes call for consent before snooping

...The Home Office is in the process of amending the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa), and it carried out a consultation in November... Read more

20 April, 2011 by David Meyer

EU outlines shortcomings in UK data law

...the scope of the directive in the UK legislation. For example, the investigatory powers of the data-protection supervisor — which in the UK is the... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK interception law consultation excludes civil groups

...civil society groups during its consultation on the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, according to a Home Office letter published on a privacy... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Jack Clark

TalkTalk pushes ahead with URL scanning scheme

...that it was concerned that the technology "falls foul of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) and Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PECR... Read more

25 November, 2010

Home Office consults on interception law

...Home Office consultation, launched on Wednesday, seeks to clarify the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) so that people must give explicit consent for companies... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ICO will not take 'knee-jerk' reaction against Google

...appropriate to pursue a criminal case against Google under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa)," the ICO said in a statement. "Whilst we continue... Read more

2 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Web scanner complies with privacy law, says TalkTalk

...communications. We are concerned that the technology falls foul of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) and Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PECR... Read more

24 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

Government to curb council 'snooping' powers

...saying that an incoming Conservative government would "clean up Ripa [Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act]". On Thursday, the minister confirmed that the coalition government intends... Read more

5 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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