Legal 4.1.5

• RIPA was made as a direct result of technology
• RIPA is a modern law that allows one party consent monitoring of private digital systems
• RIPA allows public bodies like the police and security services to monitor communications on technology
• Some less expected public bodies are empowered by the RIPA such as:

  environment protection agency

  Office of fair trading

  Serious fraud office
• RIPA stands for the regulation of investigatory powers act 2000, 6 principles:

  ISPs provide access to customer communications

  Interception activities can be confidential

  Allows mass surveillance of communications

  Individuals can be monitored over the internet

  Access can be granted to protected info

  ISPs must install surveillance
• 4 main concerns about RIPA are that it?

  Can invade privacy

  Can make improper use of the RIPA

  Risks freedom of speech

  Unnecessarily censors
• 4 main concerns about RIPA are that it?

  Can invade privacy

  Can make improper use of the RIPA

  Risks freedom of speech

  Unnecessarily censors
• RIPA has been misused in the past, how?

  Used to monitor a couple to see if they lived in the catchment area for school
• All humans have a right to privacy according to The Human Rights Act
• Organisations must monitor communications over the network to protect themselves from cybersecurity threats
• What law gives organisations the right to monitor communications?

  Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations (2000)