BBC News Online: 'Snoop' plans put on hold

[Nicholas Bohm]

At 16:12 19/06/2002 +0100, David Hansen wrote:
>On 18 Jun 2002 at 22:21, David_Biggins@usermgmt.com wrote:
>
> > --- Ministers would attempt to build "consensus" before trying to
> > introduce similar orders, Mr Blunkett added.
>
>It appears Mr Blunkett has seen something of the light. He is to be
>congratulated. Let's hope he is not fixed by his officials who run
>the evil empire.
>
>The BBC recording of the 18-6-02 1pm news on Radio 4 contains the
>following:
>
>"If I can start again, get a consensus, all those people who have
>criticised now come forward with what they believe to be an
>acceptable way forward"

[snip]

Part of the solution would be to limit the rights of any wider group of 
bodies (which in any case needs trimming) to access to the name and address 
of the relevant comms system subscriber.

This must be all most of them ever want or need; most of them wouldn't know 
what to do with real traffic data, whose use ought to be much more closely 
managed; and most subscribers wouldn't regard disclosure of their name and 
address as an excessive intrusion if the system ensured that there were 
reasonable grounds for seeking it.

Regards

Nicholas Bohm

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