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Surveillance Powers in the UK need to be Questioned
The BBC is reporting on the abuse of surveillance powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2001:
Councils in England have been urged to review the way they use surveillance powers to investigate suspected crime.
Under laws brought in to help fight terrorism, councils can access phone and e-mail records and use surveillance to detect or stop a criminal offence.
Remember that. “Laws brought in to help fight terrorism“. Sir Simon Milton of the Local Government Association has written to Councils:
Sir Simon said
I love that … but was it “do this” or “do that“
“Parliament clearly intended that councils should use the new powers, and generally they are being used to respond to residents’ complaints about fly tippers, rogue traders and those defrauding the council tax or housing benefit system.”
