Data Retention Directive

25 July 2014 at 9:57am

Disentangling DRIP

Andrew Cormack
Data Retention Directive
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
incident response
Earlier this week Parliament passed the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIP), in response to the European Court of Justice's April 2014 declaration of the invalidity of the 2006 European Data Retention Directive on which the UK data retention law depended.
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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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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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6 June 2012 at 11:49am

Shiny New Legislation

Andrew Cormack
Data Retention Directive
Digital Economy Act
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
ePrivacy Directive
I was recently struck by just how new most of the legislation creating duties for operators of electronic communications network is. Compared to the Computer Misuse Act, which has only had one amendment since 1990, these laws seem to be changing a lot faster:
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