What do you think about communications data collection and storage?

[David Biggins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk [mailto:ukcrypto-
> admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
> Sent: 02 May 2009 11:32
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: What do you think about communications data collection
and
> storage?
>=20
> In article
> <C6F343320DAC194BA010FD66AD493623391B8D@home.usermgmt.local>,
> David Biggins <David_Biggins@usermgmt.com> writes
> >I **think** that the proposal is that small providers are not
> >automatically in scope,  but that the Home Sec can serve notice
> putting
> >them in scope.   Which just raises more issues - what degree of
notice
> >do you get, whether you are required/allowed/forbidden to notify the
> >clients whose service you may have to disrupt to accommodate the
> >changes....
>=20
> If it's like the current data retention scheme, then you will be
> individually notified, and answers to all the questions you ask will
be
> explained. Part of the cost of all this is you spending several days,
I
> would imagine, working out what it all means (in a practical and
> business sense).=20

Ta.

> But I don't think folks like you will hear that knock
> on the door any time soon.
> --

There is that of course.

D