Interception of Communications Commissioner gets something right
Police should not be able to access journalists’ phone records unless they are given authorisation by a judge, a major report has recommended. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about the low-key but important regulator, the Interception of Communications Commissioner.
Police should not be able to access journalists’ phone records unless they are given authorisation by a judge, a major report has recommended. … Read the full post »
Police forces across the country have been ordered to disclose full details about their use of controversial anti-terror laws to spy on journalists. … Read the full post »
Parliament’s record at carefully scrutinising legislation is rather patchy, which is why the recent moves towards more extensive pre-legislative scrutiny are very welcome. … Read the full post »
The little-known watchdog responsible for ensuring that Britain’s spy agencies act within the law over communication interceptions has been condemned as “ineffective”. … Read the full post »
In part 1 I explained why the Interception of Communications Commissioner is a failed regulator and one the Home Office should be fixing, yet your civil servants have been reluctant to do so. … Read the full post »
I doubt that in amongst all the ludicrously large number of issues that pass across the desk of a minister, and a Home Office one no less, you will have noticed a small victory I scored over the Home Office recently. … Read the full post »
I’ve blogged just once or twice or thrice about the many failings of the Interception of Communications Commissioner and his dreadful record. … Read the full post »
Downing Street has announced that The Right Honourable Sir Anthony May will be the new Interception of Communications Commissioner. … Read the full post »
The Information Commissioner has issued a strongly-worded warning about the Snoopers’ Charter impact if implemented. … Read the full post »
What do you do if a regulator has failed? Leave them unreformed and instead give them greater powers? … Read the full post »