
It seems that the current retention of data by communications service providers for law enforcement purposes breached article eight of the Human Rights Act.
But as MPs prepare to pass the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill, which will require internet and phone companies to keep a database of the time, date and place of customer emails and calls, they also look to start a review of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). This would allow them to intercept communications.- A wide-ranging review of the legal and practical framework of surveillance in the UK;
- Explicit legislative protection for legal professional privilege in legislation like RIPA; and
- The development of a future legislative framework that reflects public consensus as well as the expert views of relevant technologists, jurists, academics and civil liberties groups.
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