No hiding place for fly tippers

[Roland Perry]

In article <47A33AFD.14671.7098748@davidh.spidacom.co.uk>, David Hansen 
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>> Whether it would be proportionate to access this data on the assumption
>> that the fly tipper owned a mobile and that no-one else was likely to
>> have visited the location at the relevant times
>
>Fly tippers tend to leave their calling cards at locations which they
>can drive their motor vehicle, no doubt often a white van, to. I very
>much doubt that they are to only people with mobile telephones to visit
>such sites, by day or night.

And I very much doubt that the RIPA-based mechanism for catching fly 
tippers involves doing fishing expeditions on mobile location data.

And according to the Environmental Agency, "93% of fly-tipping [is] 
taking place in predominantly urban areas."

The investigative measures they go on to discuss involve "stopping 
vehicles to ensure they are registered carriers".

The offences (2.6 million incidents in 2006-7) are about 50% household 
waste and 30% builders waste.
-- 
Roland Perry