The Canadian Privacy Commissioner on DPI

[Peter Fairbrother]

James Firth wrote:
> 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.

and the Interception of Communications Commissioner is only concerned 
with DPI when it's done by Government Agencies.

-- Peter Fairbrother
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> James Firth 
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