Access to communications data - respecting privacy and protecting the public from crime

Access to communications data - respecting privacy and protecting the public" is a consultation paper about how communications data is used by a range of public authorities to protect the public from crime. The paper describes their necessary and proportionate requirements for access to communications data and explores how those authorities might come within the regulatory framework provided by Chapter II of Part I of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) for public authorities' access to communications data.

Date: Wed May 16 11:15:55 BST 2007

• Access to communications data - respecting privacy and protecting the public from crime (PDF file - 1mb - Warning: large file)

  Access to communications data - respecting privacy and protecting the public" is a consultation paper about how communications data is used by a range of public authorities to protect the public from crime. The paper describes their necessary and proportionate requirements for access to communications data and explores how those authorities might come within the regulatory framework provided by Chapter II of Part I of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) for public authorities' access to communications data.

• Summary of responses (PDF file - 74kb)

  In March 2003 the Home Office published a consultation paper Access to communications data: respecting privacy and protecting the public from crime inviting views on the implementation of Part I Chapter II of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

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