The article focuses on the elements of the authorization and oversight structures of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) which received royal assent in Great Britain on November 29, 2016. Topics covered include the improvement in the oversight of the intrusion into privacy o...
Earlier this month the Home Office served Apple a request under the Investigatory Powers Act, which compels firms to provide information to law enforcement agencies, asking for the right to see users encrypted data, which currently not even Apple can access.After the change at 3pm on Friday, ...
Apple have threatened to remove their FaceTime and iMessage features from the UK over fresh concerns about the UK’s surveillance policy. The seismic declaration comes after the UK government’s planned update to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016, which gives the Home Office the power to...
Following these incidents, the UK passed legislation in 2016 allowing it to legally carry out surveillance activities. Known as the Investigatory Powers Act (IP Act), it means that the government now has the law on its side when it wants to collect any information. ...
The UK government already has the power to demand that services remove encryption thanks to a 2016 piece of legislation called the Investigatory Powers Act. ButThe Guardiannotesthat WhatsApp has never received a request to do so. Atleast one commentator thinksthe same could happen with the Online...
Most of the legal framework for this comes from the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which dates all the way back to the year 2000. RIPA is meant to support criminal investigation, preventing disorder, public safety, public health, and, of course, “national security.” If this ...
That said, any VPNs within the UK are obliged to provide information under the Investigatory Powers Act to the police and intelligence when prompted. To avoid any information being handed over, you'll need to pick a VPN that doesn't work out of the UK. Both NordVPN and Surfshark are gre...
October's Online Safety Act instructs the UK communications regulator Ofcom to monitor user-to-user apps and software, while an amendment to the Investigatory Powers Act—expected in the spring—saystechnology companiescan't introduce new security software or make any significant changes to the secu...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the situation in the UK is less clear, particularly since the fiasco that is the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (aka the ‘Snooper’s Charter’). Read more… Share: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Cl...