RIPA and file-sharing??

[Watkin Simon]

>=20On=2001=20February=202008=2010:05=20AM,=20David=20Hansen=20wrote:
>
>=20If=20I=20had=20any=20belief=20in=20the=20"Open=20Government"=20provisi=
ons=20down=20south=20I
>=20might=20ask=20where=20the=20pressure=20for=20this=20change=20came=20fr=
om.=20I=20can=20see=20the
>=20large=20telecom=20companies=20being=20very=20keen=20on=20such=20a=20ch=
ange.

The=20primary=20reason=20for=20the=20change=20was=20the=20coming=20into=20=
force=20of=20the=20Human
Rights=20Act=20giving=20effect=20in=20UK=20law=20to=20the=20European=20Con=
vention=20of=20Human
Rights.=20=20Although=20the=20DPA=20arrangements=20worked=20well=20enough=20=
they=20didn't
meet=20the=20requirements=20of=20legislation=20permitting=20interference=20=
with
individuals'=20Article=208=20rights=20and=20-=20rightly=20or=20wrongly=20-=
=20CSPs=20both=20big
and=20small=20didn't=20being=20put=20in=20the=20position=20of=20"choosing"=
=20to=20disclose
data=20(or,=20more=20properly,=20exercising=20an=20exemption=20to=20non-di=
sclosure).

With=20thanks=20to=20archive.org:

"There=20was=20an=20almost=20equally=20balanced=20split=20between=20those=20=
who=20welcomed
the=20inclusion=20of=20this=20aspect=20of=20communications=20in=20the=20IO=
CA=20regime=20and
those=20who=20felt=20that=20it=20should=20be=20left=20separate=20and=20in=20=
the=20Data
Protection=20Act=20regime.=20Various=20suggestions=20were=20made=20as=20to=
=20who=20should
authorise=20requests:=20internal=20to=20agency;=20at=20Secretary=20of=20St=
ate=20level;=20or
by=20a=20judge.=20Some=20CSPs=20felt=20that=20requests=20for=20communicati=
ons=20data=20should
be=20more=20tightly=20controlled."

http://web.archive.org/web/20000815061553/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/o
icd/iocresp.htm#Chapter%2010

http://web.archive.org/web/20000815054130/www.homeoffice.gov.uk/oicd/con
slist2.htm




**********************************************************************
This=20email=20and=20any=20files=20transmitted=20with=20it=20are=20private=
=20and=20intended=20
solely=20for=20the=20use=20of=20the=20individual=20or=20entity=20to=20whom=
=20they=20are=20addressed.I
=20f=20you=20have=20received=20this=20email=20in=20error=20please=20return=
=20it=20to=20the=20address=20
it=20came=20from=20telling=20them=20it=20is=20not=20for=20you=20and=20then=
=20delete=20it=20from=20your=20system.

This=20email=20message=20has=20been=20swept=20for=20computer=20viruses.

**********************************************************************


The=20original=20of=20this=20email=20was=20scanned=20for=20viruses=20by=20=
the=20Government=20Secure=20Intranet=20virus=20scanning=20service=20suppli=
ed=20by=20Cable&Wireless=20in=20partnership=20with=20MessageLabs.=20(CCTM=20=
Certificate=20Number=202007/11/0032.)=20On=20leaving=20the=20GSi=20this=20=
email=20was=20certified=20virus=20free.
Communications=20via=20the=20GSi=20may=20be=20automatically=20logged,=20mo=
nitored=20and/or=20recorded=20for=20legal=20purposes.