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Originally Posted by tarka
How can the police say they have not received any complaints? As far as I know every attempt at reporting this has been met with a refusal to issue a crime reference number?
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Originally Posted by mark777
We are told by HMG that Police are responsible for investigations of RIPA violations though. Does this mean a formal complaint is needed?
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Originally Posted by Hank (but in an envelope with a first class stamp on it)
Sir Norman Bettison
Chief Constable West Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Police Headquarters
PO Box 9
Wakefield
WF1 3QP
26th May 2008
Dear Sir Bettison
BT plc - Interception of communications, contrary to RIPA 2000
In the Hansard publication within the last week that there is a response to a 'Question for Written Answer' from the Earl Of Northesk. A Home Office parliamentary under secretary, Lord West of Spithead, states that suspected breaches of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 would be investigated by the police.
It is for this reason that I write to you. I wish to report what appears to be a crime by a corporate body who has offices within our county. This needs to be investigated so that any evidence found can be passed to the Crown Prosecution Service.
On April 3rd this year I witnessed a director of BT appear on Channel 4 News*, confirming that individuals within BT had carried out acts of interception of communications. I am currently not aware if my communications were intercepted but I read on the internet that the number of individuals affected is probably in excess of 100,000.
BT plc confirmed that they intercepted the communications of a number of their customers in 2006 and in 2007. It appears that this was without any warrant or requirement to do so from Government or other agency. This was allegedly done without the knowledge of their customers and done, not for counter terrorism or other criminal investigatory purposes. It seems to be contrary to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and I cannot understand why we have not heard that any investigation has been carried out already, or is currently in progress.
I should stress that I am not suggesting any breach of the Data Protection Act which would not be a police matter. I am specifically concerned that there have been thousands of breeches of RIPA 2000 by individuals in BT plc, as confirmed by Ms Sanderson on television on April 3rd.
* Video evidence from Emma Sanderson, the BT director interviewed by Channel 4 News is available on the internet: http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/pl...p?showId=11622
I hope this information is useful and I trust that consideration of the need to investigate this further is given, unless such an investigation has been initiated already. Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely |
I have it on authority of friends that he's a very good man who won't ignore this... well, we shall see - I will update of course (although I may have to paraphrase as, again, I have not advised that I would post the reply here (still not quite got the hang of this have I?!)
Hank
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Originally Posted by R Jones
You might like to get back to them on that, and ask them, didn't they mean "the option to opt-IN"? That is what the ICO kindly very politely suggested that if they really didn't mind, he'd be very grateful if they could do it that way. (Think of the ICO as Mr Barraclough in Porridge, but without Mr Barraclough's overt aggressive tendencies)
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Sorry but right now I'm disparing and the ICO seems to me to be more like an insanely grinning cheshire cat who just occasionally flicks their tale but other than that, it's claws are completely retracted and it's got nothing about it. Just laughable.
