Comment Re:The Other Side of Government Data Access (Score 1) 332
Hmmm... I don't think so.
There are exemptions for law enforcement in the DPA, for example if you ask for a copy of your police record they don't tell you they're currently parked outside your house or that they've been tapping your phone, or there would be much point in the police bothering to go to work in the morning. In the same way, RIPA material is probably exempted. In fact, I seem to recall that in the original draft it was going to be a 2-year term if anyone told you you'd had your email copied, even decades later - lathough that may have been one of the terms that was removed by the Lords.
PS - IANAL
There are exemptions for law enforcement in the DPA, for example if you ask for a copy of your police record they don't tell you they're currently parked outside your house or that they've been tapping your phone, or there would be much point in the police bothering to go to work in the morning. In the same way, RIPA material is probably exempted. In fact, I seem to recall that in the original draft it was going to be a 2-year term if anyone told you you'd had your email copied, even decades later - lathough that may have been one of the terms that was removed by the Lords.
PS - IANAL
