On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:17:02PM +0200, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > I want to be clear, this is *proposed*. > Basically the UK gov is working on a database that would have at least > CDRs, email headers, and web requests (the headline suggests that > content is also preserved, but I do not get that from the article > itself, basically its unclear).
The UK already has legislation under The E-Commerce Act, RIP Act, Communications Act etc, the Comms Act covers anyone providing an electronic communications service (and the obligations get more onerous if you're offering Public ECS). They apply to EVERYONE not just the old traditional telecos (to people providing service in the UK). ISP/ITSP/Telco/s all have to maintain various records, it's just now the Government want to be able to store the data in a central location and do what they want with it. They already have some of these facilities under RIP (under legal intercept rules). Depending on how big you are depends on whether you have to include RIP facilities as part of your infrastructure or the spooks will fit their own (and it's an offence to tell anyone if you've had a RIP warrant served on you too). Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
