URLs, IPs and interception

[Roland Perry]

In article <47C9AAFC.2070808@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother 
<zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes
>Ah, I see the ambiguity now.
>
>You think "for the purposes of any postal service or telecommunication 
>system by means of which it is being or may be transmitted" refers to 
>the traffic data, while I think it refers to the conduct.

Try the Explanatory Notes:

31. Subsection (5) excludes from the definition of interception in 
subsection (2) any conduct which relates only to the traffic data 
comprised in or attached to a communication (expanded in subsection 
(9)), or which relates only to so much of the content of the 
communication as is necessary in order to identify this traffic data.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/en/ukpgaen_20000023_en_1
-- 
Roland Perry