RIP s22 notices SI

[Owen Blacker]

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> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:41 PM
> Subject: [mt] More RIP stuff
> 
> 
> The Home Office has laid an Order before Parliament (expected 
> to be debated in the Common on 18 June, Lords TBA)
> 
> http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/draft/20022322.htm
> 
> It extends the list of public authorities that can issue RIP 
> s22 notices (ie to access traffic data from telcos and ISPs)...  
> 
> ...to add the following central Government departments 
> 
>     1. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
>     2. The Department of Health.
>     3. The Home Office.
>     4. The Department of Trade and Industry.
>     5. The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
>     6. The Department for Work and Pensions. 
>     7. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for Northern
>        Ireland.
> 
> AND pretty much any local authority
> 
>     8. Any local authority within the meaning of section 1 of 
>        the Local Government Act 1999
>     9. Any fire authority as defined in the Local Government 
>        (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2000
>    10. A council constituted under section 2 of the Local 
>        Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
>    11. A district council within the meaning of the Local 
>        Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
> 
> AND NHS bodies in Scotland and Northern Ireland
> 
>    12. The Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service.
>    13. The Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and
>        Social Services.
> 
> AND some other bodies
> 
>    14. The Environment Agency.
>    15. The Financial Services Authority.
>    16. The Food Standards Agency.
>    17. The Health and Safety Executive.
>    18. The Information Commissioner.
>    19. The Office of Fair Trading.
>    20. The Postal Services Commission.
>    21. The Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency.
>    22. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
>    23. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary.
>    24. A Universal Service Provider within the meaning of the Postal
>        Services Act 2000
> 
> The existing list was just
> 
>     Police (all the forces, MOD police, NCS, NCIS)
>     Secret Intelligence Agencies (MI5, MI6, GCHQ)
>     Customs and Excise
>     Inland Revenue
> 
> The intent is to get this remarkable extension of scope into 
> force on 1st August and switch on this part of the Act at 
> that time. There's one order yet to come however - on which 
> level of official will be able to authorise a s22 notice.
> 
> 
> People will recall that a RIP s22 notice will reveal details 
> held by a communications service provider such as...
> 
>     name and address
>     service usage details
>     details of who you have been calling
>     details of who has called you
>     mobile phone location info
>     source and destination of email
>     usage of web sites (but not pages within such sites)
> 
> So who else do you want to be able to spy on you ???
> 
> Steve

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