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ISPs face data interception deadline
News Not only has the Home Office still failed to tell ISPs how they will be compensated for maintaining their interception capabilities, but the measures, which the government said were introduced to combat terrorism and organised crime, only apply to...
[July 10, 2002, 16:03]
Public targeted by 1,500 monitoring bids per day
News In December, the Home Office said it would launch a consultation, following revelations that local councils had used interception data to check for such offences as dog-fouling and whether people were putting their bins out on the wrong day.
[August 10, 2009, 16:19]
European Parliament restricts access to personal data
News Ministers of the European Parliament were quite disturbed that this sort of interception happens in Europe, and that law enforcement authorities are requiring more powers in intercepting traffic data," said Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights...
[July 12, 2001, 15:54]
UK comms-snooping requests top half a million
News The figure was published in the annual report of the interception of communications commissioner Sir Paul Kennedy. Kennedy also reported that the total number of warrants for the interception of communications, such as tapping telephone calls, rose...
[July 24, 2008, 9:23]
UK police ask for traffic data from ISPs
News Data controllers are not legally obliged to hand over the requested traffic data at this stage, but a court order or the interception powers written into Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) could be enforced if necessary.
[September 17, 2001, 14:02]
Start-up aims to improve internal security
News Companies such as Vontu and its rival Vericept have built data interception products that monitor email, instant messages, FTP files and other electronic communications on corporate networks, sniffing for leaks of sensitive information.
[January 25, 2005, 8:40]
Privacy groups take efforts to European level
News At the top of its list of concerns, EDRi placed data retention requirements, telecommunications interception, the Council of Europe cybercrime treaty, Internet rating and filtering, and restrictions on Web-based freedom of speech.
[June 13, 2002, 16:10]
Gov't web monitoring plans unworkable, warns Linx
News Hutty noted that the government does not know how much interception data is being collected and used by the public sector at present. The London Internet Exchange (Linx), which counts ISPs among its 330-plus internet partners, on Tuesday severely...
[August 4, 2009, 15:55]
GCHQ denies developing mass surveillance tech
News Clayton added that interception of traffic data would probably not contravene UK law. The press statement said that GCHQ is in the process of developing technologies that are "designed to work under the existing legal framework", and that blanket...
[May 5, 2009, 17:16]
Experts: Gov't web-monitoring plan is unworkable
News The Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) calls for internet service providers to record the traffic details of all web communications. Not only are a multiplicity of web protocols used by different companies, Sommer said, but those protocols...
[June 18, 2009, 12:34]
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News This would be more reliable than a drive-by download or "sending an email with a dodgy attachment", as the chances of successful interception of data were higher, said Clayton. That level of intrusion is more intrusive than telephone interception...
[January 5, 2009, 15:16]
Surveillance: Is e-privacy a human right?
News The report goes on to suggest that interception as a whole will need to be rethought when the UK introduces the Human Rights Act next year, potentially opening up the government itself to legal action.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
RIPA demands push up ISP costs
News To ensure the interception of all communications and related traffic data authorised by the warrant and their simultaneous transmission to the law enforcement agency in question; From 1st August, ISPs and telcos will be obliged to maintain certain...
[July 9, 2002, 15:41]
Phorm attacks critics over 'illegality' claims
News Phorm — whose Webwise and Open Internet Exchange (OIX) technologies were used by BT in a secret trial on its customers — says the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is wrong to say the use of Phorm's technologies constituted...
[April 10, 2008, 12:30]
Extent of government eavesdropping revealed
News The report reveals 24 interception errors were reported in the last nine months of 2006, where data from the wrong person was intercepted. In the report, which covers the period from 11 April, 2006 to 31 December, 2006, Sir Paul Kennedy, the...
[January 31, 2008, 11:14]
Soca puts a clamp on cybercrime
News The interception of telephone calls and communications data continues to play a role in all significant operations, according to the Soca report, with new systems deployed. The agency plans to work closely with the Home Office on future...
[May 15, 2009, 11:45]
Number 10 will not investigate Phorm
News Various organisations, including the Foundation for Information Policy Research, have asserted that Phorm's interception of user traffic, prior to anonymising the data, contravenes Ripa. However, Marc Burgess, senior vice president of technology at...
[May 20, 2009, 16:25]
FBI releases first Carnivore data
News Other documents include a discussion of interception of voice-over-IP data and reviews of recovery from attacks and crashes for both systems. There is one document that talks very generally about voice-over-IP interception," said Banisar.
[October 4, 2000, 8:53]
EC acts against UK over data protection
News Interception of communications is covered by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act [RIPA], which is separate to the Data Protection Act and not regulated by the ICO. Under those rules, EU countries have to ensure the confidentiality of...
[April 14, 2009, 16:53]
Gov't Big Brother plans draw fire from ISPA
News The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has joined the ranks of those criticising the government's proposed update to the Interception of Communications Act (IOCA). If ISPs have to provide interception capability on every new technology...
[September 8, 1999, 15:20]
