Communications Data Bill

2 May 2013 at 10:17am

Legal developments affecting incident response

Andrew Cormack
incident response
Data Protection Regulation
Data Retention Directive
Communications Data Bill
I was asked recently how I saw current legal developments in Europe affecting the work of incident response teams, so here’s a summary of my thoughts.
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11 December 2012 at 8:40pm

Communications Data Bill Committee report

Andrew Cormack
Communications Data Bill
Data Retention Regulations
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
The Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Bill has published its report, concluding that while there is “a case for legislation which will provide the law enforcement agencies with some further access to communications data” the current proposal needs “substantial re-writing”.
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22 August 2012 at 8:42am

Draft Communications Data Bill consultation

Andrew Cormack
Communications Data
Communications Data Bill
Data Retention
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
I’ve made a Janet submission to the joint Parliamentary Committee considering the draft Communications Data Bill. It’s actually quite hard to predict what the effect of the Bill would be, as the Bill creates extremely wide powers for both the Home Secretary and Law Enforcement and the impact will depend on how those powers are used.
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28 June 2012 at 3:57pm

Draft Communications Data Bill - Joint Committee on Human Rights

Andrew Cormack
Communications Data
Communications Data Bill
Human Rights Act
Privacy
Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has asked for evidence on the draft Communications Data Bill, so I’ve sent in a Janet submission pointing out the human rights i
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19 June 2012 at 8:30am

Communications Data Bill - What changes for Networks?

Andrew Cormack
Communications Data Bill
Data Retention
Data Retention Directive
A first look at Part 1 of the Government’s draft Communications Data Bill seems to confirm predictions that it would represent a significant change for network operators.
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