URLs, IPs and interception

[Peter Fairbrother]

Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <47C98B94.4010900@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother 
> <zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes
>> RIPA doesn't say "looking at traffic data isn't interception", it says 
>> "looking at traffic data isn't interception if it's done to facilitate 
>> the transmission of communications".
> 
> Actually it says "looking at traffic data in-or-attached-to the 
> communication to facilitate transmission, isn't interception".

Not quite - "looking at or for traffic data isn't interception if it's 
done to facilitate the transmission of communications" is better.

> 
> It doesn't say what you can and can't do with that traffic data.

That part doesn't - but the rest of RIPA does. If you are making it 
available for any other uses then that's interception.


-- Peter Fairbrother