Tag Archives: RIPA 2000
Automatic numberplate recognition: is it legal?
A report in the Guardian last week reminds readers of the strong likelihood that local police forces have tracked their movements with the use of automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR). According to the article, around 14.5 million numberplate reads (yes, 14.5 … read more
Privacy and the Protection of Freedoms Bill
The Protection of Freedoms Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 11 February 2011, is the second part of the UK Coalition Government’s mission to ‘restore freedoms and civil liberties through the abolition of unnecessary laws’. The first part … read more
Phone-hacking claims – a new legal pursuit
The pack of lawyers representing the alleged victims of phone hacking by the News of the World seems to grow on an almost weekly basis. The lawyer for Gordon Taylor, possibly the first person to get a settlement from the … read more
UK referred to ECJ over internet privacy
On 30 September 2010 the European Commission announced that it referred the UK to the European Court of Justice for its alleged failure to implement EU laws on the confidentiality of electronic communications such as emails or internet browsing. The … read more
New report on the ‘Surveillance Society’
The Information Commissioner has expressed concern over the lack of scrutiny of new laws affecting privacy. In a report presented to Parliament the Information Commissioner called for post-legislative scrutiny by government departments to ensure “the successful delivery of the new … read more
