Government black boxes will 'collect every email'

[Roland Perry]

In article <Pine.SOC.4.64.0811071250520.509@bowling.cent.gla.ac.uk>, 
Chris Edwards <chris@eng.gla.ac.uk> writes
>| http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-2008-transposition
>
>My reading of the consultation is basically that UK ISPs will be expected
>to retain traffic data for 12 months.  Access to this would normally be
>via a standard RIPA notice.
>
>By contrast however, there appears to be this *other* proposal where the
>data is held in some sort of huge central govt database.
>
>Not sure how access to the data would be regulated.  At a guess, RIPA
>would need to be modified or replaced.

There has been talk of a "Data Comms Act" which might bridge any 
perceived gap, but I'm not keeping 100% up to date on developments.
-- 
Roland Perry