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Thursday June 18, 2009

ISPI Clips 133.313: UK - Government not listening on surveillance, say Lords
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Government not listening on surveillance, say Lords
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2244335/government-listening

  Privacy watchdog needs greater powers and snooping
  laws must be reformed, says committee

Tom Young, Computing
17 Jun 2009

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has expressed disappointment at
the government's response to its report on surveillance and privacy.
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/lords_constitution_committee.cfm

The report in February recommended more powers for the Information
Commissioner, in particular to allow monitoring of the private sector, and
greater use of privacy impact assessments.

Lord Goodlad, chairman of the Lords Constitution Committee, said: "We are
disappointed the government has failed to recognise the fundamental
importance of privacy in the relationship between individuals and the
state," he said.

"The government should also have accepted our argument that the Information
Commissioner needs greater powers over inspecting private sector
organisations. "  <| Powered by www.ISPIClips.com |>

In its response to the report, the government rejected proposals for a
review of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which allows
authorities to intercept communications, as well as rejecting calls for a
Joint Committee on surveillance and data powers and for more information to
be provided to citizens on surveillance issues.

And the committee said the government failed to address recommendations on
citizen-oriented identification systems that could give individuals control
over identification and authentication data.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldconst/114/114.pdf

The House of Lords will debate the issue this on Friday June 19, 2009.  To view the transcript follow this link http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldtoday/01.htm#hddr_3


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