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Straw enters bitter row over RIP Bill
News Home Secretary Jack Straw has been drawn into the escalating row over the Government's proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (RIP) Bill, denouncing an industry report claiming it would cost Britain £46bn.
[June 15, 2000, 9:57]
Report says snooping bill expensive and useless
News The controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers(RIP) Bill will cost Britain a crippling £43bn over the next five years if made law, according to a report published Monday. The Economic Impact of The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill...
[June 13, 2000, 9:46]
Cyber-snooping Bill through House of Commons
News The much maligned RIP (Regulation of Investigatory Powers) Bill, or 'snooping bill' as it is better known, completed its third and final reading in the House of Commons Monday despite a last ditch attack from opposition MPs.
[May 9, 2000, 17:03]
New surveillance bill comes under fire
News The government Thursday published the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill, branded "impossible" by Internet campaigners for its potential human rights conflicts. At the bill's publication he commented: "In my view the provisions of the...
[February 10, 2000, 16:27]
A Year Ago: Big Brother plans pushed through Parliament
News Critics called Investigatory Powers Bill a scheme to push through controversial e-surveillance measures In a surprise move, the government announced in the Queen's speech that it will create a new bill, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill...
[November 17, 2000, 6:00]
Wiretapping may cost ISPs £17m - report
News Wiretapping the Internet -- in accordance with the government's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill -- will cost Britain's 400 ISPs at least £17m in the first year, with the total cost to both ISPs and the government rising...
[April 26, 2000, 10:17]
Car mag rebuked for 'perversion' email
News British car magazine MaxPower has received an official warning from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) for sending out a Big Brother promotional email that accused recipients of breaching the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
[August 17, 2001, 12:59]
Government wants your view on encryption keys
News Part III of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) will, as it stands, give police the authority to force organisations and individuals to disclose encryption keys. The Home Office has today issued a public consultation on the...
[June 8, 2006, 16:10]
Report undermines RIP
News The report will explain how ordinary Internet users can circumvent government monitoring efforts proposed in the new Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill. The report is called The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill...
[July 25, 2000, 15:46]
Data protection chief swipes out at spying Bill
News Speaking at a conference in London, France says there should be far greater accountability for those given powers to monitor email and browsing under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers(RIP) Bill, currently at committee stage in the House of...
[June 14, 2000, 16:30]
70's technology could thwart RIP bill
News Allan has warned the government that the RIP (Regulation of Investigatory Powers bill) will be unenforcable because of anti-snooping techniques that have been around since the 1970s. In a speech to industry experts in Washington he incorrectly...
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
RIPA demands push up ISP costs
News This 'fleshes out' provisions under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 ('RIPA') which give the Home Secretary power to order a provider of public telecoms services to maintain a "reasonable" level of intercept capacity to enable...
[July 9, 2002, 15:41]
A Year Ago: RIP gets roasting from former government adviser
News The Institute of Directors(IoD) head of e-business policy, Professor Jim Norton -- formerly head of the Cabinet Office's Performance of Innovation Unit which produced the definitive government report on e-commerce last September -- is the latest...
[June 12, 2001, 6:28]
RIP comes in for roasting from former government adviser
News The Institute of Directors(IoD) head of e-business policy, Professor Jim Norton -- formerly head of the Cabinet Office's Performance of Innovation Unit which produced the definitive government report on e-commerce last September -- is the latest...
[June 12, 2000, 11:58]
Tories pledge to boost broadband and e-commerce
News Among its promises, the Conservative party pledges: to look closely at BT's domination of the telephone network, with plans to give rivals "fair and equal" access to its lines; to scrap the much-hated IR35 tax, which it describes as a stealth tax...
[April 17, 2001, 13:30]
Snooping laws caught in catch-22
News Ian Walden, head of IT law at Queen Mary College, giving evidence to an inquiry in data retention by the All-Party Parliamentary Internet Group, said the loophole stems from a conflict between two laws: the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act...
[December 13, 2002, 15:54]
Government defends new cyber-snooping powers
News While law enforcement clauses in the e-communications bill have been removed, snooping policies will still be pursued via the Home Office's Investigatory Powers Bill. With the new Investigatory Powers Bill we decided to put all the law enforcement...
[November 19, 1999, 16:22]
News Roundup: Mounting pressure on RIP Bill
News Snooping Bill to drain £43bn out of Britain in five years The controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill will cost Britain a crippling £43bn over the next five years if made law, says a report Monday.
[June 13, 2000, 9:28]
New powers put privacy laws to the test
News The powers are the latest expansion of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), passed last year, which will require ISPs to install so-called black boxes to monitor Internet traffic, and will give the police powers to demand that...
[June 12, 2002, 16:58]
Correction: Make IT Simple's DeMailer
News The Commission says that if a retraction product retrieved emails from any point "after the server", then there could be issues under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, but accepts that DeMailer does not fall into this category.
[November 23, 2001, 14:27]
