DSS and LAs to trawl internet traffic

[Roland Perry]

In message <3BDB297F.52AB@dmed.demon.co.uk>, Pete Mitchell
<pete@dmed.demon.co.uk> writes
>> The time to complain about this was during the six months before the
>> last election, when the Bill was being debated. There has also been a
>
>
>The same argument shows that the time for Clive Ponting to complain
>about the 1911 OSA was in 1911. The argument is therefore complete and
>utter bollocks.

<sigh> When the SSFA was going through Parliament, almost everyone
ignored it, and therefore none of the provisions were given the sort of
scrutiny that RIPA enjoyed. eg Big Browser and other issues.

Of course you can complain about the Act *any* time you want, but just
after it's been passed virtually un-opposed and just after a
consultation on its Code of Practice, is not the best time.
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