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Archive for the ‘RIPA’ Category

Activists say consultation on RIPA was ’secretive and short’: “

Home Office’s changes to e-comm intercept law ‘hard to find’

Digital rights activists have criticised a Home Office consultation on the UK’s main interception law that they say is shorter and more secret than it should be.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Police force more suspects to give up crypto keys: “

Password powers practised

Police have expanded their use of powers to force suspects to decrypt files by 50 per cent in the last year, figures released today reveal.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Government begins RIPA review: “The Government will review the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), the law that governs state tapping of phone, email and internet use. The law will be looked at as part of a wider review of counter-terrorism laws.“

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

UK’s secret surveillance regime ‘does not breach human rights’: “

ECHR rules sneaky RIPA peeking perfectly proper

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a claim that the UK’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) violates the human right to a private life. The UK’s rules and safeguards on covert surveillance are proportionate, said the court.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)