Hello all,
We recently learned that the Home Office has launched a consultation on
the Investigatory Powers Act
<https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revised-investigatory-powers-act-notices-regimes-consultation>
preceding planned revisions.
Both the Internet Society global and its UK Chapter are particularly
concerned by certain elements of this including that compliance with
technical capability notices is required even during the appeal process
and that operators would need to notify authorities before making
technical changes that would “impact existing IPA capabilities”, which
to us sounds like steps towards a permission-based approach.
Back in 2016 the UK Chapter of the Internet Society joined other
organisations to alert the government about the threat to permissionless
innovation in several parts of the Bill (sadly to no avail). Now that
there is a consultation, which unfortunately is happening in the middle
of the summer, I wonder how many people have seen it.
The*_deadline for submission is Monday at 11am. _*This means that we are
working with an incredibly tight timeline.
Is this consultation something that's been on your organisation's radar?
If so, what is your take on the consultation and if you responded, would
you mind sharing your response?
Kindest regards,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond
ISOC UK England Chair
