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The vast majority of RIPA applications are made by Police, not local councils.
by Chriky 9y ago
The vast majority of RIPA applications are made by Police, not local councils.
- CraigJPerry 9y agoWhere is that information available? AFAICT local authority requests are via JPs in local courts and no centralised numbers exist?
- Chriky 9y agoThey are in the OSC's annual report, for example. [1] Councils also sometimes respond to FOI requests, although they don't have to. e.g. over a three year period this council [2] made 11 requests for Call Data Records (who somebody phone) and 29 applications for in-person surveillance (checking people who claim to be unemployed are actually unemployed). In 2015-2016 (the most recent OSC I can find) there were, for example, 9147 applications for Directed Surveillance of which a MAXIMUM 8.5% were possibly by local councils. Do you have any evidence that suggests, it is, in fact, 99.9% from local councils? [1] https://osc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Annual-Report-of-the-Chief-Surveillance-Commissioner-for-2013-2014-laid-4-September-2014.pdf https://osc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/An... [2] https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/use_of_the_regulation_of_investi_9 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/use_of_the_regulation...