The Canadian Privacy Commissioner on DPI

[James Firth]

John Wilson wrote: 
> The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is running a project to encourage
> debate and present information on DPI to try to help Canadians come to
> an informed position on the subject.
> 
> The site is here http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/index.php/about/
> 
> Of course, we don't need this in the UK as we have the Daily Mail to
> direct Government policy

We don't need this in the UK because it seems the Information Commissioner
is not tasked with oversight of DPI technology because this could be classed
as interception under RIP and therefore falls outside his remit.

The ICO is on record saying his office is only tasked with overseeing
Privacy in Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) covering traffic
data (not *necessarily* DPI) and data protection legislation.

James Firth