--- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:18:40 +0100 To: declanat_private From: Thomas Scott <thomasat_private> Subject: The Snoopers' Charter: It's back... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed No doubt you'll be receiving a dozen or so emails with this in today, but just in case: the Snoopers' Charter's making a comeback, courtesy of a Home Office announcement on Friday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3104054.stm The draft will allow snooping on email traffic, phone traffic, and *mobile phone location details* to - amongst others - the Financial Services Authority, the Gaming Board, the Charity Commission, and... oh, yes, every single local authority. Because we all know how absolutely trustworthy every single member of every district and city council in Britain is. Oh, and in case anyone forgot, they'll be able to get this information without a warrant. Time to crank up STAND and FaxYourMP again, I think. --- From: "Finn Johansen" <finnjat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> Subject: UK: Phone and internet accounts will be subject to scrutiny Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 23:15:22 +0200 Declan, I would think this is interesting for your readers. >From BBC news: Government agencies will be able to access e-mail and phone data, under measures unveiled by ministers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3104054.stm Finn Johansen Hexamail Ltd. Email: finnjat_private http://www.hexamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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