telecommunications – Page 30 – Current Awareness

Tom Hickman: Further Concerns about the DRIP Bill – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted July 17th, 2014 in bills, electronic mail, interception, investigatory powers, news, telecommunications by tracey

‘In a blog post on Monday I expressed concerns about the lack of time for proper scrutiny of the changes to be brought in by the DRIP Bill. Towards the end of that blog I expressed puzzlement at a change to be made to the definition of “telecommunications system” in RIPA. This definition is central to the scheme of RIPA and is the basis for many of the powers therein.’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th July 2014

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog

Peers criticise government over emergency data laws – BBC News

Posted July 17th, 2014 in bills, electronic mail, interception, news, parliament, telecommunications by tracey

‘The government has come under fire in the Lords over emergency legislation giving the security services access to people’s phone and internet records.’

BBC News, 16th July 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tom Hickman on the DRIP Bill: Plugging Gaps in Surveillance Laws or Authorising the Unlawful? – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted July 15th, 2014 in bills, electronic mail, intelligence services, interception, investigatory powers, news, parliament, telecommunications by tracey

‘The unveiling last Thursday of a a draft bill on surveillance powers that is to be rushed through Parliament brought to mind the story of the Dutch boy who finds a hole in a dyke on his way to school and puts his finger in it to plug the leak until help arrives to shore it up. The legislation is said to be necessary to plug what the Government regards as holes in the regime of surveillance and investigatory powers pending a full review. The fact that the bill is titled the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill – the “DRIP” bill – may mean I am not the first person to draw the analogy. But the analogy may not be entirely apt. An examination of the DRIP Bill reveals that it is not addressing little holes in the regime but in fact profoundly important and substantial issues.’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th July 2014

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog

Emergency data retention law could fail same tests as the existing law – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 15th, 2014 in bills, EC law, electronic mail, news, telecommunications by tracey

‘FOCUS: The new law proposed by the UK government to ensure that telecoms companies keep communications data for a year could be challenged in the same way as the court-revoked law it is replacing.’

OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2014

Source: www.out-law.com

Supreme Court: BT entitled to introduce new charging regime for connecting ’08’ calls from mobile networks – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 14th, 2014 in appeals, competition, contracts, dispute resolution, EC law, news, Supreme Court, telecommunications, tribunals by sally

‘A new charging scheme proposed by BT, the telecommunications firm, for connecting calls from mobile networks to its ‘0800’, ‘0845’ and ‘0870’ non-geographic fixed line phone numbers should not have been rejected by regulator Ofcom, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’

OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2014

Source: www.out-law.com

NSA surveillance data: UK access to information faces legal challenge – The Guardian

Posted July 14th, 2014 in bills, electronic mail, intelligence services, interception, internet, investigatory powers, news, police, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

‘The biggest domestic legal challenge to UK intelligence agencies accessing the mass data harvested by the US National Security Agency (NSA) begins on Monday, and may be one reason behind the government’s decision to introduce emergency surveillance laws into parliament next week, campaigners have suggested.’

The Guardian, 11th July 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tribunal to hear legal challenge to GCHQ surveillance claims – BBC News

Posted July 14th, 2014 in electronic mail, intelligence services, interception, internet, investigatory powers, news, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism, tribunals by sally

‘A tribunal is to hear a legal challenge by civil liberty groups against the alleged use of mass surveillance programmes by UK intelligence services.’

BBC News, 14th July 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Emergency data law: What you need to know about the bill that makes ISPs store your data – The Independent

Posted July 11th, 2014 in bills, internet, investigatory powers, news, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

‘The Government has caused uproar this morning by introducing an emergency bill that forces telecom companies to store users’ personal data for 12 months despite the European Union ruling this April that such powers are illegal.’

The Independent, 10th July 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Dogma in telecoms, cream for the CAT: 08- numbers in the Supreme Court – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers

Posted July 11th, 2014 in competition, contracts, EC law, news, Supreme Court, telecommunications by sally

‘The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in British Telecommunications plc v Telefónica O2 UK Ltd & Ors [2014] UKSC 42. Reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal (blogged on here by Emily Neill), Lord Sumption for a unanimous Supreme Court held that there had been no basis for Ofcom to disallow BT’s introduction of “ladder pricing” in wholesale termination charges for certain non-geographic telephone numbers (specifically 080, 0845 and 0870, whence the litigation’s popular name among telecoms lawyers: “08- numbers”).’

Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 10th July 2014

Source: www.competitionbulletin.com

Surveillance law wins cross-party support but critics claim stitch-up – The Guardian

Posted July 11th, 2014 in bills, internet, investigatory powers, news, parliament, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

‘David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat deputy, Nick Clegg, have unveiled emergency surveillance legislation that will shore up government powers to require phone and internet companies to retain and hand over data to the security services.

The Guardian, 10th July 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Emergency surveillance law to be brought in with cross-party support – The Guardian

Posted July 10th, 2014 in bills, EC law, internet, news, privacy, telecommunications by sally

‘Controversial emergency laws will be introduced into the Commons next Monday to reinforce the powers of security services to require phone companies to keep records of their customers’ calls.’

The Guardian, 10th July 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

British Telecommunications plc (Appellant) v Telefónica O2 Ltd and others (Respondents) – Supreme Court

Posted July 9th, 2014 in competition, contracts, EC law, law reports, telecommunications by sally

British Telecommunications plc (Appellant) v Telefónica O2 Ltd and others (Respondents) [2014] UKSC 42 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 9th July 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Ministers push for new legislation to track phone usage – The Guardian

Posted July 7th, 2014 in bills, data protection, EC law, intelligence services, investigatory powers, news, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

‘Ministers are poised to pass emergency laws to require phone companies to log records of phone calls, texts and internet usage, but Labour and Liberal Democrats are warning that they will not allow any new law to become a backdoor route to reinstating a wider “snooper’s charter”.’

The Guardian, 6th July 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lawyer seeks shorter Andy Coulson sentence – BBC News

Posted July 2nd, 2014 in conspiracy, interception, media, news, privacy, sentencing, telecommunications by sally

‘Andy Coulson did not know the phone hacking going on while he was News of the World editor was illegal and this fact should mitigate the sentence he faces, his lawyer has said.’

BBC News, 1st July 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Phone hacking: it was right to charge Rebekah Brooks, says Keir Starmer – The Guardian

Posted June 30th, 2014 in conspiracy, Crown Prosecution Service, interception, media, news, privacy, professional conduct, prosecutions, public interest, telecommunications by sally

‘Prosecutors were right to charge Rebekah Brooks and other News of the World executives over conspiracy to hack phones as the trials have helped determine who knew about widespread malpractice at the newspaper, Sir Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions, has said.’

The Guardian, 29th June 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Andy Coulson trial: jurors fail to reach verdicts on remaining charges – The Guardian

Posted June 26th, 2014 in conspiracy, corruption, interception, juries, media, misfeasance in public office, news, telecommunications, verdicts by sally

‘The trial of Andy Coulson has ended after the jury failed to reach majority verdicts on two remaining counts that he conspired to commit misconduct in public office by paying public officials for the acquisition of royal phone books.’

The Guardian, 25th June 2014

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hacking trial: Brooks cleared of charges, Coulson guilty – BBC News

Posted June 24th, 2014 in conspiracy, corruption, interception, misfeasance in public office, news, perverting the course of justice, telecommunications by sally

‘Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial.’

BBC News, 24th June 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Victory for Spamalot – Niebel in the Upper Tribunal – Panopticon

Posted June 19th, 2014 in data protection, EC law, electronic mail, harassment, news, telecommunications, tribunals by sally

‘The spamming industry is a decidedly irritating but sadly almost unavoidable feature of our networked world. There is no question but that spamming (i.e. the sending of unsolicited direct marketing electronic communications) constitutes an unlawful invasion of our privacy (see further regs 22-23 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) (PECR), implemented under EU Directive 2002/21/EC). The question is what can be done to stop it, particularly given that individual citizens will typically not want to waste their time litigating over the odd spam email or text?’

Panopticon, 19th June 2014

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Phone hacking trial: After eight months, jury today begins sifting the mountain of evidence – The Independent

Posted June 12th, 2014 in conspiracy, documents, evidence, interception, juries, media, misfeasance in public office, news, perverting the course of justice, telecommunications by sally

‘They are the two words the jury in the phone hacking trial may have waited months to hear. At 3.15pm in court 12 of the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Saunders said: “And finally.”’

The Independent, 12th June 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

UK man who fought in Syria is first to be convicted of terror offences related with the conflict – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 21st, 2014 in evidence, news, telecommunications, terrorism by tracey

‘A man whose wife told him to “go die in battlefield” in a text message as he went off to fight in Syria has become the first person in the UK to be convicted of terrorist offences in connection with the conflict.’

Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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