Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

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The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 ( RIP , RIPA ) is a law that regulates telecommunications surveillance in the UK . It was passed in its first version by the British Parliament on July 26, 2000 and has since been expanded several times.

RIPA empowers the government agencies listed by law to carry out surveillance operations in the interests of national security , crime-fighting, public safety and health and the protection of the UK's national economic interests.

The list of authorized government agencies now includes 792 authorities, including police , military , customs , health, school, judiciary and other administrative authorities, secret services and 474 local councils (regional government, see administrative structure of England ).

RIPA allows these bodies depending on their area of ​​responsibility

  • require an Internet service provider to access a customer's electronic communications without the customer knowing about it;
  • to require an Internet service provider to install technical equipment for monitoring communications;
  • large-scale monitoring of mobile communications;
  • monitoring certain people's internet activity;
  • to conceal the existence of surveillance measures in court;
  • to require a person to hand over electronic keys and, if they refuse, to impose prison sentences.

The latter regulation in particular was publicly criticized. The practice of many regional authorities authorized by RIPA to carry out surveillance measures of using these for petty offenses is also criticized, with four-digit case numbers being reached every month. There have also been allegations that most parliamentarians and members of the government did not understand the law sufficiently when it was passed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Williams: UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files. The Register, November 24, 2009, accessed October 17, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Chris Williams: Two convicted for refusal to decrypt data. The Register, August 11, 2009, accessed October 17, 2011 .
  3. ↑ OUT-LAW.COM: Redbus and Demon founder denied RIPA appeal. The Register, February 3, 2006, accessed October 17, 2011 .
  4. ^ Gordon Rayner and Richard Alleyne: Council spy cases hit 1,000 a month. The Telegraph, April 12, 2008, accessed October 17, 2011 .
  5. ^ Spy law 'used in dog fouling war'. BBC News, April 27, 2008, accessed October 17, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Graeme Wearden: Parliament 'did not understand RIP Act. ZDNet, November 6, 2003, accessed October 17, 2011 (English).

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