What do you think about communications data collection and storage?

[Roland Perry]

In article <43E0E6D8-9451-4DD1-B117-97C76376211E@batten.eu.org>, Ian 
Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> writes
>I suspect that if Jacqui Smith (Jaqueboots to her friends) were to 
>phone up Obama to demand that a US company's communications were 
>intercepted, once the White House operator had figured out she wasn't 
>an Amway saleswoman the response would be taken directly from Arkell vs 
>Pressdram.

Phew! So Echelon doesn't exist after all. And all that fuss about 
overlapping warrants too :)

>> (I see you've avoided the issue of potentially sensitive data being 
>>sent via a regime that doesn't subscribe to DPA - or are they a 
>>certified safe harbour?)
>
>Does the DPA affect Data in Motion, or just Data at Rest?

Data being processed.

>It's  impossible, in general, to know if the path between two UK 
>companies  passes through an arbitrary other country.

Indeed, and not enough people have applied their minds to the issues it 
raises. (Although DavidH may take some comfort that sundry "bods" try to 
keep data out of the hands of overseas-based CSPs, if perhaps not going 
as far as enquiring where the traffic is routed).
-- 
Roland Perry