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Ripa encryption keys clause to get the go-ahead?
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... [18 May 2006]
Will RIPA lead to an infestation of Vamp-ires?
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... [15 Aug 2006]
Electronic snooping gets the green light
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... [15 Sep 2003]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
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... [11 Apr 2008]
Cliff Stanford to appeal email snoop verdict
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... [16 Sep 2005]
ISPs threatened by 'snooping' government agencies
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... [04 Feb 2003]
Round three for BT's Phorm trials
News Phorm's opponents claimed the trials were illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) and the Data Protection Act. Clayton said that, to be legal under Ripa, both sides of the... [29 Sep 2008]
Police get powers to demand data decryption
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... [04 Oct 2007]
Demon founder pleads guilty to email snooping
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]
IT Myths: Who's analysing our trans-Atlantic phone calls?
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,... [17 Jul 2003]
UK denies involvement in Indymedia servers seizure
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... [21 Oct 2004]
5 years ago... UK police and ISPs debate legal access to email
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... [18 Sep 2003]
Data retention in the UK: It's a whole new ball game...
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... [11 Mar 2003]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News We have worked with CSPs (communications service providers) to ensure they can store data retained under the EU directive in such a way that it can be accessed to provide a timely response to RIPA (Regulation of... [04 Sep 2008]
All you need to know about legal spying
News Last week it was announced that the government will enforce its controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) enabling a larger array of organisations to legitimately carry out covert surveillance. [18 Jun 2002]
