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[FYI] UK: Queen on Crypto
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- Subject: [FYI] UK: Queen on Crypto
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:01:48 +0200
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http://cryptome.org/qs-fipr.htm
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17 November 1999
From: "Caspar Bowden" <cb@fipr.org>
Subject: FIPR Release on E-COMMS & RIP bills in QUEEN'S SPEECH:
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:13:40 -0000
FOUNDATION FOR INFORMATION POLICY RESEARCH (17/11/99)
COMMENT ON QUEEN'S SPEECH: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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SURPRISE BILL TO REGULATE SURVEILLANCE
The big surprise in the Queen's Speech is the REGULATION OF
INVESTIGATORY POWERS (R.I.P) bill (Home Office
release appended below). This will update the Interception of
Communications Act, regulate covert surveillance and use of
informers, and provide powers to decrypt coded e-mail (in ways which
are still unclear).
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