Communications Data Authorisations News Today

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been involved in up to 18 incidents of surveillance targeting journalists and lawyers according to a report submitted to the Policing Board in Northern Ireland.

Criminal bar association calls for information about the reliability of communications data used in criminal trials to be disclosed. Police forces are checking over 18 months of mobile phone data records following warnings of errors in data supplied to police and intelligence services by the mobile phone company O2.

The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Sir Brian Leveson as the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPC) for a second three-year term, with effect from 21st October 2022.

Civil liberty campaigners celebrate High Court victory over security services’ use of the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act

MI5, MI6, and GCHQ will need "prior independent authorisation," probably from a judge, before it can access communications data ...