FIPR amendment on "comms data"

[Roland Perry]

In article <200005311628.RAA01427@clw.cs.man.ac.uk>, Charles Lindsey
<chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> writes
>a competent ISP
>can deduce quite a lot from careful header scrutiny. I think Plod can
>reasonably expect to be able to try the same thing.

Not if the definitions for the data being examined differ, one
definition for Data Protection purposes, and another for RIP. It would
be frightfully joined up to try and make them co-incide... 

(See also my pet peeve about different definitions of "Public network"
depending on which regulation you are looking at).
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