Hello all,
the consultation ended today. For your information, please find the
Internet Society & UK Chapter of Internet Society response on:
https://isoc-e.org/the-revised-ipa-2016-consultation-response/
Kindest regards,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond
Chair - Internet Society UK Chapter
On 27/07/2023 12:02, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote:
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
