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Police Slammed For 'hysterical' Response To EU Privacy Directive
News The National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) last week issued what Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, called a "hysterical" response to the planned European directive on data protection and privacy in the...
[August 13, 2001, 12:52]
A Year Ago: Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 2000, 6:02]
Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 1999, 17:31]
Wiretapping May Cost ISPs £17m - Report
News Caspar Bowden, Director of FIPR says in a statement: "The Government has been telling us for weeks that the million pound price-tags put on interception were just scare-mongering. Responding to Bowden's concerns, a Home Office spokesman points out...
[April 26, 2000, 10:17]
New Surveillance Bill Comes Under Fire
News According to Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), RIP is totally unworkable and unjust: "The DTI jettisoned decryption powers from its e-Communications Bill last year because it did not believe that a law which...
[February 10, 2000, 16:27]
Virgin Mobile Admits Storing Customer Location Records
News Civil rights expert Caspar Bowden has already expressed deep concern that such records are being kept, at a time when politicians are pushing for more electronic data to be retained. Sensitive data revealing where you are, and who you talk to could...
[October 29, 2001, 11:57]
UK Moves Closer To Licensing Security Consultants
News Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), a government think-tank, says that the decision leaves the position of information technology experts unclear. The Minister says the industry is not under threat of...
[May 3, 2001, 14:45]
Home Office Backs Seven-year Data Retention Laws
News Speaking at the Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) conference, Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, claimed that the Home Office has been secretly endorsing the initiative.
[September 28, 2001, 15:54]
Straw Blames 'naive' Libertarians For Weak Encryption Laws
News But Straw's support of tighter encryption laws to protect against the growing threat of organised terrorism is irrelevant, according to Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research.
[October 2, 2001, 17:40]
'Terrorist' Traffic Data To Be Used Against Minor Criminals
News The rubric for the retained data is that it will show who you talk to, where you go and what you read," said Caspar Bowden, director of the FIPR. The Home Office has not given a straight answer about this, so we expect to see it buried somewhere in...
[November 7, 2001, 12:22]
Lords To Consider Data Retention Objections
News Monday is the time when the Lords put on their thumbscrews," said Caspar Bowden, director of the FIPR. Each of the amendments is surgical in its affect," said Bowden. The House of Lords will on Monday consider amendments to anti-terror legislation...
[November 30, 2001, 17:40]
Police Want Power To Seize Encryption Keys
News Caspar Bowden, a former director of the FIPR who led the fight against the introduction of the RIP Act several years ago, told the meeting that Part III was flawed because defendents could be prosecuted for simply losing an encryption key.
[August 15, 2006, 11:05]
UK Government Scoops 'Internet Villain' Nominations
News The nominations for Internet hero go to Broadband4Britain.com, to the information commissioner Elizabeth France and to Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Broadband4Britain.com is a campaigning site, while both France...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
Does Wi-Fi Security Matter?
News Microsoft's chief privacy advisor for Europe, Caspar Bowden, said there seemed to be a consensus among security experts that having a Wi-Fi network open to sharing has positive uses, but warned that people could not rely on WEP encryption if they...
[June 27, 2006, 13:00]
IT Think Tank Opens Doors To Supporters
News FIPR director Caspar Bowden, who acted as an adviser in the chamber during several House of Lords debates, said the aim is to build more awareness of the organisation, but said there is no specific target.
[March 27, 2002, 11:54]
Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News The government's decision last week to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill as a "dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to...
[March 8, 1999, 11:22]
Concerns Raised Over Plans For Global Wiretap
News Caspar Bowden, director of Internet think tank, Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), expressed his concern over the development. With the majority of IETF's members from the US, Bowden is also worried that the US will be in control of...
[November 11, 1999, 10:22]
Government Backtracks On Internet Surveillance
News There has been some progress but there is still a lot of information outstanding," says Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Bowden says the devil is in the detail and thinks the power the bill gives law...
[June 27, 2000, 15:44]
A Year Ago: Government Backtracks On Internet Surveillance
News There has been some progress but there is still a lot of information outstanding," says Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Bowden says the devil is in the detail and thinks the power the bill gives law...
[June 27, 2001, 6:06]
Experts Slam RIP Bill On Encryption
News As Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) points out, this would tighten the net around those facing prosecution, but might also result in innocent people being hounded by law enforcers.
[November 19, 1999, 16:50]
