Striking the Right Balance between Privacy and Public Protect ion

[Ian G Batten]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Roland Perry wrote:
> I'm sure that the Home Office didn't accept every business case that was 
> given to them.

But bearing in mind the ones they did accept, one would hate to see the
ones they didn't.  It's hard to think of a organ of the state which
wasn't empowered to demand at least traffic logs.

> We've seen this (Home Office) policy continued more recently by their 
> reluctance to enable those agencies on the face of the Act to use RIPA, 
> ahead of a wider debate about new agencies.

Is this because they suddenly understand the privacy concerns (at least
in terms of acknowledging their legitimacy, even if they don't agree
with them), or because they are tactically biding their time until the
next time it's a good day to bury bad news?  I really hope the answer's
the first, I really do.

ian