Tag Archives: data retention
Once bitten; twice shy?
Humberside Police will forever be remembered in data protection circles for being the police force that blamed the Data Protection Act 1998 for its policy of deleting information relating to allegations about the commission of criminal offences, including those of … Continue reading
Filed under Data Protection
Public not convinced on data retention
Readers of the Metro may have already seen that a survey by PoliticsHome.com has found that there was little public support for the retention of communications data by communications providers. In the current data protection environment, we are not surprised.
Filed under Data Protection
Nothing gets in the way of “National Security”
Some of our team, as members of the Society of Computers and Law, argued in the SCL’s response to the Home Office consultation on the Data Retention Regulations that the Home Office had not made out a coherent case for … Continue reading
Filed under Data Protection, Telecoms Regulation
Andrew Sharpe
