Government black boxes will 'collect every email'

[Roland Perry]

In article <1ieeeIHA7FFJFAyi@highwayman.com>, Richard Clayton
<richard@highwayman.com> writes
>>Roland Perry wrote:

Actually it was Chris Edwards who wrote:

>>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 law enforcement yes, RIP s22.  For a civil action a Norwich Pharmacal
>order (did Lord Woolf rename those?) would be appropriate.

"Norwich Pharmacal" is still the expression used, if my several meetings
on p2p recently are anything to go by.

>I'd expect to see some new definitions for comms data...  and indeed I
>think that would be desirable in any case.

I would like to see the "Subscriber details", aka Reverse-DQ, provisions
completely separated from the remaining more intrusive comms data. I
know that RIPA does this already, but it's not sufficiently obvious to
the average commentator.

>(is a PIN for accessing voice messages "comms data" ... at the moment I
>think it comes under that regime because the definitions of "content"
>don't include it)

If the PIN is unlocking a piece of telecommunications apparatus, which
seems to be the case in your example, then I expect it's traffic data
because of:

        "21(6)(c)... any data comprising signals for the actuation of
        apparatus used for the purposes of a telecommunication system
        for effecting (in whole or in part) the transmission of any
        communication"

... which was originally introduced as a way to legitimately log "dial
through fraud" digits.
-- 
Roland Perry