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News Phorm - whose Webwise and Open Internet Exchange (OIX) technologies were used by BT in a trial on its customers - says the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is wrong to say the use of Phorm's technologies constituted unlawful...
[11 Apr 2008]
News Earlier this week, Part III of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa) came into effect. Under Section 49 of Ripa Part III, police can serve a notice that requires encrypted data to be "put into an intelligible form" or, in other...
[04 Oct 2007]
News Privacy experts at law firm Pinsent Masons said although businesses now have clear guidance for monitoring work communications under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000, personal communications at work may be protected by the...
[12 Apr 2007]
News The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) provides the legal framework for various methods of surveillance and information gathering by police and other agencies. The introduction of legislation to crack down on criminals using encryption...
[15 Aug 2006]
News Encryption products are more widely available and are integrated as security features in standard operating systems, so the government has concluded that it is now right to implement the provisions of Part 3 of Ripa.which is not presently in force.
[18 May 2006]
News This is a landmark legal case as this is the first time anyone has been prosecuted for this offence under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000, according to the defence counsel. The appeal will hinge on Stanford's claim that the...
[16 Sep 2005]
News Stanford and Liddell were charged under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000 with intercepting emails belonging to John Porter, son of Dame Shirley Porter and former chairman of Redbus.
[15 Sep 2005]
News Stanford has been charged under The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000, which states it is an offence to intentionally intercept emails without lawful authority. Cliff Stanford, the founder of Demon and Redbus, went on trial on...
[13 Sep 2005]
News Regardless of the European legislation, in the UK communication service providers already retain data on customers' phone calls, emails and web behaviour for one year, thanks to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
[09 Jun 2005]
News asked Gibson, who said UK law enforcement are unable to go into businesses registered in the US and make use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to access information that could aid an investigation.
[25 Jan 2005]
News Allan said that if this is true then the seizure may have breached the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which governs the interception of communications. RIPA prohibits material derived from interception warrants being adduced as...
[21 Oct 2004]
News To prove it is still an ongoing debate, earlier this week the government announced it had made a number of further concession to public pressure relating to the use of RIPA powers. 18.09.98: Police and Internet service providers (ISP) in the UK...
[18 Sep 2003]
News Civil liberties groups protested last year against proposals under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) that would allow government agencies, including bodies such as Parish Councils, to access electronic surveillance data and email...
[15 Sep 2003]
News Indeed, the relevant legislation in the UK is part 2 of the infamous RIPA 2000 Act. Who's listening to your phone calls? One of the most commonly heard IT myths has it that governments and large telcos are in cahoots, tapping calls, especially...
[17 Jul 2003]
News The consultation on access to communications data under RIPA is a second attempt to regulate who should be able to access communications data: the first, last summer, drew widespread public concern when it became apparent just how many agencies...
[11 Mar 2003]
News Rules designed to regulate access to communications data are contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which contains provisions for the home secretary to allocate money to compensate ISPs for the costs of providing data to...
[04 Feb 2003]
News The Home Office, for the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security (ATCS) Act and continued delays with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The UK Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has drawn up the shortlists for its annual...
[23 Dec 2002]
News Elizabeth France, the Information Commissioner, later said the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which deals with access to the retained data once it has been retained under ATCS, was likely to break the Human Rights Act (HRA).
[06 Dec 2002]
News A, ISPA spokesman said: "The ACTS law and code of practice has to reconciled with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), the Data Protection Act, the Human Rights Act, and the Police and Criminal Intelligence Act.
[24 Oct 2002]
News The report claims Western governments have forced through new snooping powers - such as the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) - with an agenda hidden behind a public face of concern. Campaigners have hit out at European governments...
[05 Sep 2002]
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