Telegraph article on RIP

[PeteM]

Roland Perry wrote  on 5-06-08 12:28:
> In article <4847AA4D.19383.4A6866@davidh.spidacom.co.uk>, David Hansen
> <davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2075026/Council-snoopers-access-900-phone-bills.html>
> 
>         "When Ripa was passed in 2000, only nine organisations,
>         including the police and security services, were allowed to use
>         it, but that number has since risen to 792, including 474
>         councils"
> 
> Sums up their perspective on this. The number of public authorities
> required to use RIPA for comms data was never in any doubt, and the only
> real remaining debate is whether or not it's better for them to be doing
> it through the processes laid down in RIPA, or ad-hoc using DPA 29/3

For heavens' sake, Roland. How many times do you have to be reminded 
that DPA gave *no* powers to *anybody* to require telcos or ISPs to hand 
over communications data?


> (and often somewhat imagined "legacy powers" under a host of earlier
> legislation).

In most cases, *totally* imaginary legacy powers.


-- 
Pete Mitchell