No hiding place for fly tippers

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 09:19:56 +0000


In article <47A50B15.1020000@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother
<zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes
>What I meant was that it was good to know why Councils could not get
>mobile location data (because it is in 21(4)(a), and they aren't
>authorised to get 21(4)(a) data, only 21(4)(b) and 21(4)c) data).
>
>Also it's good to know how (and even that) "they" (the HO I guess)
>differentiate between location data and other types of communications
>data.
>
>Which I had not known before, and which I don't think many of the other
>people on the list were aware of either.

I have explained it dozens of times :( most recently on Thursday [1].
Obviously not clearly enough.

Maybe I should write a FAQ somewhere...

[1]     "The original idea (which I claim to be mine) of having the
        three distinct categories in s21(4) was to enable both separate
        authorisation levels, and separate reporting, of these quite
        differently intrusive [although you have to unpick the drafting
        to understand what they really mean] measures."
-- 
Roland Perry