Snooping laws caught in catch-22
News While the ATCS in itself is not incompatible with the Human Rights Act, when taken in conjunction with RIPA it is. Even though the whole point of ATCS is to make sure that data is only retained for purposes of national security, ISPs say that once...
[December 13, 2002, 15:54]
Privacy comes under attack
News Huge demands have been placed on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to stockpile traffic data on customers under the new Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill (ATCS), and the Information Commissioner has characterised the requirements as...
[March 30, 2002, 6:31]
Internet villain nominees revealed
News And the Home Office made the list again this year for the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security (ATCS) Act, which will see ISPs having to retain all email and Web surfing data from their customers for several years.
[December 23, 2002, 8:31]
Home Office: We got data retention wrong
News Elizabeth France, the Information Commissioner, later said the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which deals with access to the retained data once it has been retained under ATCS, was likely to break the Human Rights Act (HRA).
[December 5, 2002, 16:36]
Last-gasp attempt to block patent directive
Talkback This is not just about Patents, this is about CRIMINAL ATCS BEING COMMITED AGAINST DEMOCRACY in the dark backrooms of power by BIG BUSINESS & CORRUPT PUBLIC OFFICIALS!
[March 5, 2005, 23:24]
Lords to consider data retention objections
News Section 11 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill (ATCS) is set to include a voluntary Code of Practice for communications providers. In its existing form, the ATCS Bill now going through government makes no requirement for the Code of...
[November 30, 2001, 17:40]
Scrap data retention plans, say MPs
News In a hard-hitting report, the All-party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG), said the data retention powers, contained in the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security (ATCS) Act, should be scrapped. The problem is that under ATCS communications data...
[January 29, 2003, 15:50]
Last-gasp attempt to block patent directive
Talkback This is not just about Patents, this is about CRIMINAL ATCS BEING COMMITED AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE in the Dark Backrooms of power by BIG BUSINESS! Charlie McCreevy and José Manuel Barosso should be see n on the eveing news, in hand cuffs...
[March 5, 2005, 23:17]
ISPs spell out true cost of data retention
News ISPs say the true cost of storing individuals' communications data as required by the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act (ATCS) that was rushed through parliament in 2001, will cost far in excess of the £20m estimated by the Government.
[December 12, 2002, 9:00]
MPs say snooping laws need ring fence
News But when the relevant part of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act (ATCS) comes into power later this year, and ISPs are forced to retain a whole year's worth of data, they are expecting a "flood" of requests from numerous agencies under...
[February 3, 2003, 16:41]
