Investagatory Powers

Question 1

Investigatory powers background

Answer 1

Regulation of investigatory power act 2000
Investigatory powers act 2016
Both allow authorities to investigate people
Police, security services,councils

Question 2

IPA rights (part2)

Answer 2

Right to carry put surveillance
.Physically follow
.track devices e.g. internet,pc,phone,gaming
.place bugs
.interfere with your devices
.intercept phone calls
.all providers of Internet services can store data for 12 months, only if s of s requests this,only if person has admitted ot suspected ot a serious crime

Question 3

IPA data protection (part3)

Answer 3

Data protection and retention regulations act 2018
(Liberty v uk)
What you do if you think you’ve been hacked
.take issue to investigatory powers tribunal
.claim must be submitted in paper
.judge will not hear any live evidence
.compensation or an injunction

Question 4

Gdpr opposes ipa

Answer 4

General data protection regulations
Replaced old data protection act
Puts duty to protect a person’s data eg.bionetric,medical,personal like name
Breach of GDPR can lead to fine up to 100 mil
Article 4 data should be freely given and transparent
Article 16 allows for erasure
Article 23 derogation, bypass gdpr law in emergency
Freedom of info act can request any personal data about yourself also request state held data if readily available
Article 8 private life contradicted by ipa