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Originally Posted by Ravenheart
I would also assume that if the government aren't able to snoop on people the law would also apply to the likes of BT, TT and VM.
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The government can intercept Internet traffic as part of a criminal investigation, this is covered under RIPA. However such interceptions have to be signed off by minister, usually the head of the home office or whatever they may be called now.
The issue is though whether Phorms equipment or that of the ISP in placing the Phorm system within their network edge breaches the appropriate RIPA legislation in that the data is altered when it is passed onto the interception device.