Over 500,000 official “spying” requests made in 2007
Posted by Anne in Data Retention, Privacy, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act at July 23rd, 2008
From the Interception of Communications Commissioner’s report:
More than 500,000 official “spying” requests for private communications data such as telephone records were made last year… Police, security services and other public bodies made requests for billing details and other information… 1,707 of these had been from councils… A separate report criticises local authorities for using powers to target minor offences such as fly-tipping… The total number of requests for last year - amounting to more than 1,400 a day - compared with an average of fewer than 350,000 a year in the previous two years.
Source: BBC.
