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Ripa changes call for consent before snooping

...involved, under proposals made by the Home Office on Tuesday.Changes to Ripa will apply fines to "unintentional acts" of unlawful interception, according to the... Read more

20 April, 2011 by David Meyer

UK interception law consultation excludes civil groups

...a privacy campaign group's website. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) regulates the functions public bodies use to carry out the surveillance, investigation... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Jack Clark

Government to curb council 'snooping' powers

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

5 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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

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

12 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Home Office consults on interception law

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

11 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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

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

2 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Commission refers UK to court over privacy laws

...hear complaints about the interception of communications. Current UK law, such as Ripa, authorises interception when the person intercepting the communications has "reasonable grounds for... Read more

30 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google prosecution pursued by privacy group

...for some time whether to interpret the interception as a breach of Ripa [the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act] as intent has to be shown... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

If BBM is helping rioters, RIPA will catch them

...police know what devices to track there'll be another batch of RIPA letters turning up at mobile operators across the UK, asking for location... Read more

8 August, 2011

Privacy groups invited into interception law consultation

...will meet with privacy and data protection campaigners during its consultation on Ripa, after complaints that those groups were being left out of the process... Read more

29 November, 2010

ISP brands UK internet spying plans 'pointless'

...CCDP), will extend the reach of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) to force ISPs to provide real-time access to a subscribers' web... Read more

17 May, 2012

Slapdash Facebook settings lead to arrests

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

26 April, 2012

EC drops UK Phorm infringement case

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

27 January, 2012

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

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

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

It's 1 am - do you know where your data is?

If you're using a US-owned or hosted cloud service provider, then there's no way of knowing. That's because the US's... Read more

13 July, 2011

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