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News Ross Anderson, chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), said the new plans, backed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, have serious flaws. The government today admitted this was one of the courses it was considering, however it... [12 Apr 2002]
Big Brother gets a licence to snoop
News Caspar Bowden, director of internet think-tank the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), said he had profound concerns about the legislation. A breakthrough international treaty to tackle the growing threat of cyber-crime has received... [26 Nov 2001]
Anti-terrorism powers not restricted to terrorists
News Caspar Bowden, from internet think tank the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), criticised the government for backtracking. Data ostensibly collected by ISPs and telcos under emergency anti-terrorism legislation can be used by the... [07 Nov 2001]
Industry brands cybercrime treaty 'a con trick'
News Caspar Bowden, director of internet think-tank FIPR, said: "The Convention is essentially a legal con trick, drafted in secret by a handful of nameless bureaucrats. IT industry gurus have branded the Council Of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime... [08 Jun 2001]
Privacy scandal: Dodgy data laws on the way
News Caspar Bowden, director of internet think-tank FIPR, said: "The government has repeatedly denied supporting these quasi-totalitarian measures, but it turns out they have been secretly lobbying at European level all along. [17 May 2001]
The silicon.com Christmas Nativity Part II
Comment His Lord Hope (Conservative), having been briefed by such august bodies as FIPR and Privacy International (and silicon.com) raised grievous concerns in parliament. Scene 3: [Enter Herod and his henchman] [20 Dec 2000]
ISPs prepare to flee as Lords send off 'Snooping Bill'
News Nicholas Bohm, legal officer at Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), believes the government can expect stronger revolts from businesses once the Bill becomes law. The UK House of Lords has had its last chance to make amendments to... [20 Jul 2000]
'Snooping Bill' enters last lap as opposition unites
News Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and member of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), said he was still hopeful significant amendments could be made, especially after comments from the Trades Union Congress late last week. [12 Jul 2000]
Snooping Bill: Law faces 229 amendments before Lords
News Caspar Bowden, director at the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), argued that the amendments are simply "window dressing". The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill is facing close scrutiny today as it enters committee stage... [12 Jun 2000]
'Snooping Bill' will not deter criminals, say experts
News Caspar Bowden, director at the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), who has been campaigning on the issue, agreed with Wheeler's assessment saying it proved the Bill was unworkable. A recent human rights audit, commissioned by FIPR... [04 May 2000]
Home Office RIP Bill under fire from critics
News Caspar Bowden, director of Internet policy think-tank FIPR (Foundation for Information Policy Research), said the UK is the only country in the world that has published the "impossible" law that users of encryption technology could be imprisoned... [10 Feb 2000]
Controversial ecommerce laws resurface in Home Office Bill
News But the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is warning that the legislation has not been scrapped, just moved to the new Home Office Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. FIPR director, Caspar Bowden, said: "If Part III was no good... [22 Nov 1999]
The draft Ecommerce Bill: an infringement of human rights?
Comment Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and legal officer at the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), would like to see the government take a completely different approach. Campaigners at Justice and FIPR are warning that if Part III does go through... [09 Nov 1999]
Home Office fights back against human rights allegations
News But Nicholas Bohm, lawyer and member of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), said: "It's not true that the rule on self-incrimination is there to stop forced confessions - it's there because it's unfair and oppressive to force... [27 Oct 1999]
Ecommerce Bill in trouble over human rights
News Nicholas Bohm, legal officer at the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) agreed. Justice and FIPR are campaigning for Part III to be rewritten before the Bill goes to Parliament. The UK government is under attack this morning over... [26 Oct 1999]
