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News Burst: ISPA joins debate as IOCA row hots up
News The government wants to update IOCA for the digital age, allowing law enforcers to monitor emails and Net traffic. ISPA is concerned over the costs ISPs face to comply with the government's proposals and believes they will hold back the development...
[September 8, 1999, 9:21]
Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance - Part 2
News At the heart of the surveillance debate is the proposed Interception of Communications Act (IOCA), which, if it is made law, will give the police access to all electronic communications. Warrants for interception have previously been issued only by...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
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). The government wants to update IOCA for the digital age, allowing law...
[September 8, 1999, 15:20]
A Year Ago: Government plans e-surveillance
News IOCA (Interception of Communications Act) was drawn up in 1985, giving the police power to intercept telephone calls. The revised IOCA proposes two types of interception: Following ZDNet's interview with Akerman, Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and e...
[September 27, 2000, 7:02]
Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance
News IOCA (Interception of Communications Act) was drawn up in 1985, giving the police power to intercept telephone calls. The revised IOCA proposes two types of interception: Following ZDNet's interview with Akerman, Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and e...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Surveillance: Is e-privacy a human right?
News He accuses the government and police of deliberately pushing through the IOCA legislation before the Human Rights Act is incorporated into UK law. The government denies any breach of European law and claims no case going to the European Convention...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Surveillance: How encryption works - Part 2
News A second issue concerning the government's IOCA proposals for the regulation of encryption is the suggestion that a person in receipt of an email must produce its decryption key or face two years in prison.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Surveillance: Privacy versus policework - the debate
News For more information on IOCA see "How encryption works". Under IOCA proposals, law enforcers will have access to one in every 500 Internet calls. The police say access to email and Net traffic is necessary in the fight against crime.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Government plans may endanger Net privacy
News While the recently published e-commerce bill has grabbed the headlines, privacy on the Net is far more threatened by plans to update to the Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) according to civil liberty groups and Internet experts.
[August 31, 1999, 15:41]
Surveillance: A special report
News Via the e-communications bill -- formerly the e-commerce bill -- and the Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) the government plans to keep tabs on us online. According to lawyers, both the e-communications bill and IOCA contravene the European...
[September 30, 1999, 16:49]
Jane Wakefield - ISPs of the world unite!
News This new entry in the competition to be the worst bill ever in the world will basically be made up of all the things industry didn't like in the Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and the old e-commerce/e-communications bill, including its...
[November 19, 1999, 17:07]
Big Brother plans pushed through Parliament
News 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, to carry forward updates to the widely-criticised Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and parts...
[November 17, 1999, 15:28]
A Year Ago: Big Brother plans pushed through Parliament
News 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, to carry forward updates to the widely-criticised Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and parts...
[November 17, 2000, 6:00]
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[March 10, 2004, 12:26]
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[March 3, 2005, 6:00]
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[September 11, 2004, 8:00]
Networks '99: UK snoop plans will force Net users abroad
News Repsonses can be sent to ioca@homeoffice.gis.gov.uk Last week Home secretary Jack Straw announced the Interception of Communications Consultation Paper,drafted to tackle terrorism and drug trafficking by giving ISPs powers to tap into emails.
[June 30, 1999, 14:49]
Jane Wakefield: Bullies, teenagers and Net giants
News But perhaps the most shocking aspect of the bill is the way the government has blatantly repackaged Part 111 of the e-communications bill and IOCA (Interception of Communications Act). Which does little to instil consumer confidence about the...
[February 14, 2000, 9:23]
News Burst: Big Brother legislation pushed through
News In a surprise move, the government announced in the Queen's speech that it will create a new bill to carry forward updates to the widely-criticised Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and parts of the e-communications bill.
[November 17, 1999, 15:46]
News Burst: E-commerce, surveillance in Queen's Speech
News The Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) -- which will give law enforcers the power to snoop on email -- was also included in the speech. The government will lay out its plans for the Internet and e-commerce Wednesday with the controversial e...
[November 17, 1999, 11:40]
