Extract from Lords motion to approve the Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2018 - Feb 1
Friday, 2 February 2018 07:30
Lord Paddick (LD):...Noble Lords may wonder what this has to do
with the regulations before the House today. The Investigatory
Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2018 include a draft code of
practice on bulk acquisition of communications data. My
understanding is that the Government claim that the judgment does
not affect bulk acquisition of communications data because this is
limited to the intelligence services—the Security Service, the
Secret Intelligence Service and GCHQ—and that...Request free trial
(LD):...Noble Lords may
wonder what this has to do with the regulations before the House
today. The Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations
2018 include a draft code of practice on bulk acquisition of
communications data. My understanding is that the Government claim
that the judgment does not affect bulk acquisition of
communications data because this is limited to the intelligence
services—the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and
GCHQ—and that these organisations are concerned with national
security, which is outside EU data protection law. The first
problem with this is that GCHQ, in particular, in involved in
accessing data in relation to serious crime; for example, working
jointly with the National Crime Agency on child sexual
exploitation, which is not within the normal definition of a
national security issue...
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