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Your outrage is justified, but let's not just make up facts. Your link says the surveillance lasted for 10 minutes. Not 3 months.
by Jabbles 13y ago
Your outrage is justified, but let's not just make up facts.
Your link says the surveillance lasted for 10 minutes. Not 3 months.
- mortov 13y agoYou're totally right, that was the wrong link, and the example I found is actually 3 weeks which is so much more reasonable for a serious crime like sending your child to the local school. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8343865.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8343865.stm There are others and Wikipedia even has a special section on oppressive use : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Pow... [edit: to correct the time frame]
- Jabbles 13y agoThat is certainly a disturbing abuse of power. Here is the IPT's ruling on the case: http://www.ipt-uk.com/docs/Paton_v_Poole_Borough_Council.pdf http://www.ipt-uk.com/docs/Paton_v_Poole_Borough_Council.pdf