Comms data requests by C&E & the Inland Revenue

[John R T Brazier]

JB said:
>> Surely this is gibberish?

Richard responded>
> only slightly

> the Met has served notices headed "DPA 29(3)" which have informed data
> controllers about crimes that are being investigated.

Quite right - I'd actually misread John Denham's reply - the perils of late
night discussions!

TTFN

John B

The data controllers have then voluntarily released information.

I've posted about this process several times this week : have a look at
some of my other messages in that large thread you may have been
delaying catching up on till the weekend :)

>IANAL, but this seems a refreshing approach. The DPA was meant to be about
>Data Protection, not Data Exploitation.
>
>And, of course, as Richard pointed out, 127K vs 155K, what's 20% between
>friends? Amazing, given that these numbers ultimately come from the same
>organization - or do they?

they do of course cover different periods -- one being the year to July
and the other being a year to ... well Simon didn't say

if there's any overlap in the periods then of course the change will not
be 20% per annum :)

- --
richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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