[FYI] (Fwd) FC: U.K. Internet providers must begin to archive e-mail

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 00:16:52 +0800
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@kcircle.com>
To: declan@well.com
Subject: Fwd: UK Large ISPs required to intercept and store email, web
surfing data, etc.

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UK ISPS SUBJECT TO 8/1 INTERCEPTION DEADLINE

In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory
Powers Act, ISPs throughout the United Kingdom will be required,
beginning on August 1st, to be prepared to intercept and store
electronic communications, including e-mails, faxes and web surfing
data. The Act was introduced to give law enforcement authorities the
same power to intercept digital communication as exists with respect
to telephone calls and letters. Critics have pointed out a couple of
flaws. First, the Home Office has not yet told ISPs how they will be
compensated for performing their interception and storage duties. More
significantly, though the Act was passed to fight terrorism and
organized crime, it applies only to large ISPs. Anyone who wants to
avoid interception merely needs to locate an ISP with less than 10,000
customers.  For those ISPs subject to the law, they have one working
day to provide a mechanism to intercept communications once an
interception has been authorized. The ISP must transmit the
intercepted data in real time to the individual who applied for the
warrant and must be able to simultaneously intercept the
communications of up to 1 in every 10,000 people who use its service.
The text of the Act may be found at
   http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000023.htm


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Suresh Ramasubramanian + suresh <@> kcircle.com
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