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UK officials going snoop crazy

http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39263302,00.htm

UK officials going snoop crazy - Requests to spy hit half a million

By Nick Heath

Published: 23 July 2008 16:40 BST

Officials made more than 500,000 requests to snoop on private phone
and internet information in the UK last year.

More than 1,400 requests per day were made to spy on phone call
records and web traffic last year, up on the average of less than
350,000 per year over the previous two years.

Public bodies made 519,260 requests to phone and internet service
providers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, according
to a report by the interception of communications commissioner Sir
Paul Kennedy.

Police and security services made the majority of the requests for
billing information and other details but 1,707 of them came from
local councils.

Kennedy said local authorities could make greater use of
communications data to investigate crime.

But a separate report by the chief surveillance commissioner, Sir
Christopher Rose, criticises techniques used by local authorities for
misunderstanding the concept of proportionality.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith welcomed the reports and said these
surveillance powers helped to protect the public.


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I've been saying for years that give officials any type of power and
they will use it without any thought. These type of powers should be
used with some sort of court order. No court order, no use of powers.

Just think what will happen when local authorities/government bodies
etc have access to the proposed National ID card database?

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