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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]
Pressure Grows On Government To Scrap Snooping Bill
News The government claims its email snooping bill is necessary to keep law enforcers up to date with criminals using the Net but opponents argue it is an unprecedented intrusion on privacy. Firstly it questions the government's estimates of the amount...
[June 7, 2000, 8:44]
Tories Plan To Block Internet Snooping Bill
News According to shadow Home Office Minister Anne Widdecombe, the conservatives are considering withdrawing support for the Bill over the issue of proving the legal authorities with encryption keys. The government wants to push the bill through by July.
[March 9, 2000, 9:01]
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]
A Year Ago: Father Of The Web Lambastes Cyber Snooping Bill
News In an Interview in The Observer newspaper Berners-Lee says the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill will stifle creativity within Britain's Internet industry. The controversial new Bill will require Internet Service Providers to install...
[June 11, 2001, 6:28]
Economic Concerns As ISPs Flee Snooping Bill
News A day after the e-envoy assured Britain that the RIP Bill would not have a negative impact on e-commerce in the UK, ClaraNet has announced plans to move services abroad to escape the proposed legislation.
[July 12, 2000, 14:26]
Father Of The Web Lambastes Cyber Snooping Bill
News In an Interview in The Observer newspaper Berners-Lee says the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill will stifle creativity within Britain's Internet industry. The controversial new Bill will require Internet Service Providers to install...
[June 12, 2000, 10:06]
Report To Lords Will Show Extra Cost Of Snooping Bill
News A report to be presented to the House of Lords Monday claims the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill will cost Britain's ISPs far more than has been previously claimed by the government, according to sources.
[June 12, 2000, 9:03]
70's Technology Could Thwart RIP Bill
News Revelations that the RIP bill can be by-passed using long-standing steganographic and cryptographic technologies could signal the death blow to the government's Internet snooping plans, according to Liberal Democrat MP Richard Allan.
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
Big Brother In The Black Box
News Opponents counter that, not only will the boxes be ineffective in practice, the snooping tools could easily be abused. Britain already has legislation on the table that would put such a snooping network in place.
[July 13, 2000, 9:56]
A Year Ago: Government Backtracks On Internet Surveillance
News The government tabled amendments to a controversial cyber-surveillance bill Monday that would weaken its snooping powers but may prevent more serious changes from being made. Home Office minister Charles Clark yesterday promised that the suggested...
[June 27, 2001, 6:06]
News Roundup: Mounting Pressure On RIP Bill
News Government backtracks on Internet surveillance Government offers to weaken cyber-snooping bill, but some say the changes are only superficial. Snooping Bill to drain £43bn out of Britain in five years The controversial Regulation of Investigatory...
[June 13, 2000, 9:28]
Government Backtracks On Internet Surveillance
News The government tabled amendments to a controversial cyber-surveillance bill Monday that would weaken its snooping powers but may prevent more serious changes from being made. Home Office minister Charles Clark yesterday promised that the suggested...
[June 27, 2000, 15:44]
Government Snooping Will Cost Taxpayers Millions
News Government snooping plans will cost the taxpayer "hundreds of millions" of pounds, according to a report published on Monday. Under powers proposed in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) bill -- currently going through Parliament -- law...
[March 1, 2000, 16:09]
A Year Ago: Government Snooping Will Cost Taxpayers Millions
News Government snooping plans will cost the taxpayer "hundreds of millions" of pounds, according to a report published on Monday. Under powers proposed in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) bill -- currently going through Parliament -- law...
[March 1, 2001, 6:04]
News Burst: Institute Of Directors Latest Critic Of RIP
News The government's beleaguered Internet snooping bill looks shaky Monday as the Institute of Directors joins in with mounting criticism of the legislation. The RIP (Regulation of Investigatory Powers) bill has been rushed through parliament as...
[June 12, 2000, 11:09]
E-envoy Tells Government To Lay Off The Net
News The government has come in for heavy criticism for its Internet snooping bill -- the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP)bill. Following accusations from the Institute of Directors and the British Chamber of Commerce that the bill would damage...
[June 28, 2000, 12:18]
Australians Step Closer To Routine Surveillance
News British experts have already expressed fears that government snooping is likely to increase. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) now has the power to routinely access and alter data on private computer systems after a bill was...
[November 30, 1999, 14:57]
Jane Wakefield: Bullies, Teenagers And Net Giants
News In the UK, cybercrime is also back in the news as the government hides behind the smokescreen of online criminals to get away with a cyber snooping bill. On Thursday the government finished its final chapter of its e-communications book when it...
[February 14, 2000, 9:23]
Report Undermines RIP
News Gladman and Brown say their report illustrates how easy it will be for professional criminals to evade government snooping as outlined in RIP. The report will explain how ordinary Internet users can circumvent government monitoring efforts proposed...
[July 25, 2000, 15:46]
