“Should the Communications Data Bill become law, it will be an intervention too far from the surveillance state.”
The Observer, 9th September 2012
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has urged the Committee considering the draft Communications Data Bill to recommend protection for legal communications before any new interception powers are granted.”
The Bar Council, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Members of the public have a final chance to have their say on plans to store all their web browsing and social media data for 12 months.”
BBC News, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who abused a Tory MP in a crude email after the politician was headbutted by a rival at Westminster was fined £110 and ordered to pay £100 costs yesterday. Nicholas Scales told MP Stuart Andrew to ‘stop wasting police time and get your fucking job done’, Leeds magistrates court heard.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Disputes about subject access requests under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 only rarely make their way to the Higher Courts. The leading – and often bedevilling – case of Durant is, for example, now 9 years old. Given this scarcity of precedent from the High Court and Court of Appeal, up-to-date illustrations of the judiciary’s approach to the DPA are most usefully sought in County Court judgments – see for example Panopticon’s post on the case of Elliot v Lloyds TSB Bank from earlier this year.”
Panopticon, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Britain has quietly agreed to measures that could increase the ability of the security services to intercept online communications, experts say.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Joint Committee is a committee of both Houses appointed to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Communications Data Bill. Inquiry Status: The Committee has issued a Call for Evidence, which asks for submissions by 23 August 2012.”
Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill, 5th July 2012
Source: www.parliament.uk
“Foreign governments could be given details of Britons’ phone calls, emails and internet usage in another ‘deeply troubling’ part of new surveillance plans.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission is seeking views on how the Electronic Communications Code is working for those who use it, and what can be done to make it more transparent and user-friendly.”
Law Commission, 28th June 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“E-disclosure is the disclosure of any electronic document. Documents stored electronically are often referred to as electronically stored information or ESI.”
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Cloisters, June 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
“Vital powers to help catch criminals, save lives and protect children were today outlined in the Communications Data Bill.”
Home Office, 14th June 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Police and intelligence services will be able to access data about people’s phone calls, emails and internet usage in order to tackle crime and terrorism under Home Office plans.”
BBC News, 14th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is to offer a blank cheque to internet and phone firms that will be required to track everyone’s email, Twitter, Facebook and other internet use under legislation to be published on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Google is facing increasing pressure after the information commissioner launched an investigation into claims that it orchestrated a cover-up of its capture of emails, passwords and medical records of people in the UK.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An internet ‘troll’ who tried to drive the Conservative MP Louise Mensch off Twitter by sending her an email threatening the lives of her children has been warned he could be jailed for six months.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The emails revealed between the minister and News Corporation lobbyists suggest a risk of bias, says legal commentator.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom has launched an investigation into the hacking of private email accounts by Sky News.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Detective seeks aggravated damages from paper for breach of confidence, misuse of private information and deceit.”
The Guardian, 13th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today was one of striking parallels between the USA and the UK in terms of litigation concerned with access to information.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Sky News’s decision to approve the hacking of emails belonging to John Darwin, the once-missing, presumed-dead ‘canoe man’, can be argued to be one of those finely balanced editorial decisions. The public interest argument runs fairly straightforwardly, after all. Darwin pleaded guilty to deception in March 2008 – you will recall he went out to sea in a canoe and somehow paddled his way from the north-east to the Panama canal, suggesting he was not so dead after all. But his wife, Anne, was going to trial – a life insurance policy had been cashed in by her – and it was at that point Sky’s journalist, Gerard Tubb, was given the green light to try to access John Darwin’s email communications. As he did so, he uncovered information that made it clear that Anne Darwin was in on the plot, and having shared this with Cleveland police, the broadcaster believes it helped secure her conviction and produced a very detailed post-conviction backgrounder.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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