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Covert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Local authorities must cut down on using covert-surveillance techniques to investigate petty offences, the government has said. Ripa (the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) granted public... [05 Nov 2009]
Calls for gov't Phorm investigation rejected
News The regulatory body which oversees Ripa is the Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC). However, that office only oversees Ripa in relation to public authorities such as the police and intelligence... [21 May 2009]
Digital Video Surveillance: The Need for Purpose-Built Media Networks
White Paper The advantages of digital video surveillance - including the ability for authorities to view video immediately after an incident, from virtually any location and over existing networks - are essential to... [14 May 2009]
Inside the government's Facebook monitoring plans
News Without the retention of communications data we would need more informants and more surveillance, which is more expensive and less effective. Speaking at the launch of a consultation entitled Protecting the Public in a... [27 Apr 2009]
EC slams UK over BT trials uproar
News Under those rules, EU countries have to ensure the confidentiality of communications by prohibiting the interception and surveillance of such communications without the user's consent. Reding called on the UK... [14 Apr 2009]
Who's monitoring your email?
News Currently, covert surveillance, such as accessing the data retained under the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009, can be authorised in local authorities by junior executive officers. ISPs... [06 Apr 2009]
Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
News However, according to an Acpo statement, the police should also in some circumstances seek the approval of the surveillance commissioner, except in an emergency. The European Union Council of Ministers approved a plan in... [05 Jan 2009]
Tories pledge to stop surveillance powers abuse
News Specific measures would include a revision of Ripa legislation, plus a strengthening of the independent oversight by the surveillance commissioner of the use of powers by local authorities. We welcomed... [30 Oct 2008]
UK officials going snoop crazy
News But a separate report by the chief surveillance commissioner, Sir Christopher Rose, criticises techniques used by local authorities for misunderstanding the concept of proportionality. Home Secretary... [23 Jul 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News And Jonathan Bamford, assistant information commissioner, warned in a statement: "We are sleepwalking into a surveillance society. These can be accessed by national authorities to help in a criminal... [20 May 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News The EC is also looking at creating a European Border Surveillance System with the aim of preventing unauthorised border crossings, reducing the number of illegal immigrants dying at sea and reducing cross-border crime... [14 Feb 2008]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop
News Among other things, it would reduce the amount of information authorities have to supply in warrant applications to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The proposed law amounts to a... [27 Jul 2006]
Report slams US VoIP-tapping policy
News A 21-page study to be released today says it's impossible for the government to expect all products that use voice over IP, or VoIP, to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) September 2005 requirement mandating... [13 Jun 2006]
Iris scans and passenger databases to protect UK borders
News This might range from getting immigration officers from the intelligence unit to operate surveillance on a particular flight, or calling in police to arrest a passenger wanted for questioning. The system, supported by... [16 Feb 2006]
VoIP wiretapping rules to be considered
News The FCC said: "It is clearly not in the public interest to allow terrorists and criminals to avoid lawful surveillance by law enforcement agencies by using broadband internet access services. Broadband providers and... [27 Sep 2005]
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