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Cambridge Analytica: musings on bulk personal datasets and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

It was reported in the Guardian last month that Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, SCL, held provisional List X status, until 2013. According to the government’s own website this means it was a company “operating in the UK who are working on UK government contracts...

JUDICIAL APPROVAL OF WARRANTS, AUTHORISATIONS AND NOTICES UNDER THE INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2016: a review of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office first Advisory Note.

The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) has taken a further step in building confidence as the independent oversight body for surveillance activities by publishing its first Advisory Notice (AN) No. 1/2018 on “Approval of Warrants, Authorisations and...

Complaints and proceedings arising out of non-compliant surveillance operations and the use of covert human intelligence sources: jurisdiction and the new right of appeal under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Introduction The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) was established under s. 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). It is the only appropriate tribunal for the purposes of section 7 of Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in relation to, insofar as...

Cambridge Analytica: musings on bulk personal datasets and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

JUDICIAL APPROVAL OF WARRANTS, AUTHORISATIONS AND NOTICES UNDER THE INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2016: a review of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office first Advisory Note.

Complaints and proceedings arising out of non-compliant surveillance operations and the use of covert human intelligence sources: jurisdiction and the new right of appeal under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

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