Government okays snooping on staff
News New guidelines issued by the government Tuesday granting employers the freedom to intercept employees' emails and phone calls has been criticised by privacy experts for violating the right to privacy under the Human Rights Act (HRA).
[October 5, 2000, 10:55]
RIPA and Human Rights Act conflict
News Businesses monitoring their employees' email and Internet usage could be infringing the new Human Rights Act (HRA) published Monday, which codifies a person's right to privacy and private correspondence.
[October 3, 2000, 12:49]
News Burst: Human Rights Act protects workplace privacy
News Businesses monitoring their employees' email and Internet usage could be infringing the new Human Rights Act (HRA) published Monday, which codifies a person's right to privacy and private correspondence.
[October 3, 2000, 10:38]
Europe succumbs to UK pressure on data retention
News There are major human rights issues -- for several years, the Article 19 committee (a club of data protection commissioners) -- has been saying that blanket traffic data retention is incompatible with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act (HRA)," said...
[December 7, 2001, 15:05]
Can you expect human rights online?
News The government did everything possible to make sure they passed RIP before the HRA came into force, despite many experts saying that the two laws weren't compatible. The Human Rights Act is expected to bring new legal standards for citizens in...
[October 5, 2000, 15:09]
Roundup: Human rights and government cybersnooping
News The Human Rights Act (HRA), which passed into law Monday, codifies a person's right to privacy and private correspondence, but privacy experts fear that its impact may not be recognised in cyberspace.
[October 6, 2000, 11:23]
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]
