YouGov :"POLL - Blunkett's proposals on internet privacy: for or against"

Alison Wheeler (crypto) crypto at creative.org.uk
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 23:14:19 -0000


Ian said:
>> As of the final version of the Terrorism Act, is it
>> OK to just keep no logs?

Caspar responded:
> To be honest, I have no bloody idea at the moment - am trying
> to figure out for a Press Release. Seems to me to leave four or five
utterly
> fundamental DPA and HRA issues dangling.

As a working hypothesis, I've rather concluded that the act as passed
requires ISPs, relayers, TELCOs (effectively everyone by the time you follow
it through) to KEEP all data but NEVER look at it for ANY purpose unless
Blunkett asks to see it (sic).

How you locate the requisite piece of data requested should, of course, be
left as an exercise to be carried out when the request is made <g>

Alison