[ILUG] 1984 [Fwd: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act]

[Gerard Gorman]

I thought I'd forward this for the sake of conversation. Some of you
might have been following a story some time back about laws being passed
in Britain to grant companies the right to read employees e-mail etc.
Anyhow, it's now a reality. This is a mail I just got from the college.
Basically it gives unlimited powers to the college. So the basic message
is...if they start to talk about doing this in Ireland...raise hell!
later
g

"Mitcheson, Tony" wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleague,
> 
> The purpose of this note is to inform you that, as provided by The
> Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of
> Communications) Regulations 2000, made under the Regulation of
> Investigatory Powers Act 2000 the College will intercept and monitor
> electronic communications for the purposes permitted under those
> Regulations.  The purposes cover, but are not limited to, monitoring for
> criminal or unauthorised use, viruses, threats to the system e.g.
> hacking, and denial of service attacks, ensuring the effectiveness of
> operations e.g. caching, load balancing and ensuring compliance with
> College policies and regulations.  Please see URL
> http://www.cc.ic.ac.uk/security/CODE_PRACTICE_7.htm
> 
> K. A. Mitcheson
> College Secretary

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Gerard Gorman (PhD Student)     
Applied Modelling and Computation Group
T. H. Huxley School             
Imperial College
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