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SimonHickling · 15-04-2008, 14:52

It seems that a number of government departments are stepping on each others toes here. The reply from Simon Watkin with relation to the "illegal"(?) tests seems to make more of a point about the DPA than RIPA, but by all accounts the DPA is regulated by ICO. I think I would pressure him on the unconsented interception as opposed to the DPA implications as they are a question for ICO. Even if consent could be argued to have been implied, it certainly wasn't informed consent. I think the government needs to work out who should be saying what about which bits of the issue.

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SimonHickling Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 66	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] It seems that a number of government departments are stepping on each others toes here. The reply from Simon Watkin with relation to the "illegal"(?) tests seems to make more of a point about the DPA than RIPA, but by all accounts the DPA is regulated by ICO. I think I would pressure him on the unconsented interception as opposed to the DPA implications as they are a question for ICO. Even if consent could be argued to have been implied, it certainly wasn't informed consent. I think the government needs to work out who should be saying what about which bits of the issue.