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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
If i record a grievance meeting covertly without employers knowledge do i breach the act or any part of it?
Comment | 27 Sep 2003
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use of CCTV images in a disciplinary case
Both DPA and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. Staff cannot sign away the right as any system used for directed surveillance must be registered and having had discussions withthe depute commmissioner it would not be granted for such trivia.
Comment | 21 Apr 2011
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Misuse of IT in the workplace
...trusion into the workers' affairs; employers carry out an impact assessment of the risk they are trying to avert; workers are told of the nature and extent of the monitoring; information discovered is only used for the purpose for which it was carried out; and information is kept secure. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, any covert monitoring is likely to be unlawful unless undertaken for the prevention or detection of crime. The policy should be supplied to workers at the start of their employment. Disciplinary measures for misuse Workers must be made aware of the consequences of breaching the policy and th...
News analysis | 8 May 2009
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...st positive things about them on their Facebook pages, in order to boost their profile. Monitoring employees Monitoring communications within the workplace is governed by a number of different pieces of legislation. The two main pieces of legislation that an employer should give regard to, are the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and the Data Protection Act 1998. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act sets out the situations when communications can be intercepted, and the Data Protection Act 1998 sets out how any information an employer collates, should be processed. The care that employers should take in managing...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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Is ‘tagging’ employees a breach of privacy?
...han 20,000 workers employ staff for this purpose. However, employers be warned, there are currently a number of pieces of legislation that make it illegal for employers to monitor staff’s email or calls without informing them. Under the Human Rights Act 1998, the Data Protection Act 1998, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and the Telecommunications Regulations 2000 employers must inform employees why their email is being checked.
News | 22 Mar 2007
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Is employee monitoring plain common sense or an invasion of privacy?
...ere an employee may see it as an invasion of privacy. Creating a Policy It is essential that you create a policy stating how employees are expected to use business communications. This will inform your employees about when (if at all) they may use business communications for personal use. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 means that if you intend to monitor e-mails and telephone calls you should make employees aware of the fact. You should also inform the employees that their e-mails may be looked at during periods of absence to continue the operations of the business. E-mails An employer can read busines...
News | 30 Nov 2005
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Further limitation on right to private life under Human Rights Act 1998
...ce undertaken must be proportionate in its nature and duration. It is essential to document the grounds for the employer’s suspicion prior to commencing surveillance. Employers must also consider their obligations under Part 3 of the Employment Practices Data Protection Code on monitoring and the Regulations of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Case | 21 Jan 2005
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Workplace Monitoring Code of Practice Finally Published
...eep their private lives private. Monitoring should take place for a clear, justified purpose, and employees should be aware that it is taking place. Monitoring electronic communications - Create a policy on the use of such communication tools and let employees know what it is. Make sure that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and the Lawful Business Practice Regulations, which govern interception of e-mails, telephone calls etc, are complied with. Video and audio monitoring - Let employees, and all others who may be caught on camera, or on tape, know when this is being carried out, and why. Covert monitoring - Sh...
News | 11 Jun 2003
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Big Brother: New powers for Government to monitor your e-mails and telephone calls
...blished two draft Statutory Instruments which will allow many bodies to ask telephone and internet companies to provide them with records of: - e-mails sent and received; - websites visited; and - information from mobile phone companies showing where a user was at a particular time. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, this power was limited to a few investigatory agencies such as the police and security services. The new proposals mean that the Home Office, DEFRA, the Department of Health, the DTLR, the DTI, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for No...
News | 12 Jun 2002
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UK interception powers extended
Parliament is this month considering (as reported earlier on the Workplacelaw Network) a draft Order to amend the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, dramatically increasing the number of official bodies that can access certain information on individuals held by ISPs or telcos, including the NHS, local authorities and Consignia. Among other matters, the RIP Act included powers that allow notices to be served on telcos, ISPs and postal operat...
News | 12 Jun 2002
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Surveillance code delayed until end of 2001
...inty in this area. The issue of workplace privacy – in particular the new problems created by internet and email use – has been the subject of heated debate over the past months. The Code covers three recent pieces of legislation: the Human Rights Act 1998, the Data Protection Act 1998, and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The delay is not a total surprise, and was predicted on workplacelaw.net as far back as January 2001, but will come as a blow to employers hoping for some clarity as to what extent they are allowed to monitor employees’ email, internet use, and phone calls....
News | 6 Apr 2001
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Ignorance of email monitoring rules in the uk
...’s John Salmon said:“In most cases, disclaimers that in effect tell a recipient not to rely on the content of the email will be ineffective. It is worth using confidentiality notices to cover the situation where the e-mail is sent to the wrong person.”Only 26% of respondents were aware of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act which came into force in October 2000 and creates an offence of intercepting e-mails except in certain circumstances. In the case of employers, the rules for an employer to follow if wanting to monitor staff email are set out in Regulations made under the Act, the Human Rights Act and a draft Code ...
News | 13 Mar 2001
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Code of practice for Surveillance Act
Draft guidance on how to comply with the much publicised Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIP) has been published this week by the Home Office. The Act, which came into force on 25 September, is mainly concerned with law enforcement but has implications for any sort of surveillance in the workplace.Under the Act, the interception of communications being made through a public telec...
News | 28 Sep 2000
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Blackberry can lawfully assist police in combating riots
... Messages posted through the social network Blackberry Messenger are thought to have helped organise some of the riots. RIM said it complies with UK interception of communications laws and is cooperating with the police, but it has not precisely detailed what help it is providing in practice. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) provides that the interception of communications is unlawful in most cases. However, the Act states that law enforcement agencies, including the police and MI5, can force telecoms companies to hand over customers' details in order to tap phone, internet or email communications to protect the...
News | 12 Aug 2011
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Government postpones new surveillance powers
The UK Government has bowed to public pressure and postponed a draft law which would have amended the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act by dramatically increasing the range of official bodies that can access certain information on individuals held by ISPs or telcos. Background The RIP Act, passed in 2000, gave the police and other law enforcement and intelligence bodies, Customs and Excise an...
News | 19 Jun 2002
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Employers should monitor email gossiping in the workplace
... the most common way that employers can manage this issue. However, employers should be warned of the number of pieces of legislation that make it illegal for employers to monitor staff’s email or calls without informing them. Under the Human Rights Act 1998, the Data Protection Act 1998, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and the Telecommunications Regulations 2000, employers must inform employees why their email is being checked. Email should be used for legitimate business purposes. Workplace Law’s IT and Email Policy and Management guide states that email should not be used to spread gossip, send chai...
News | 6 Jun 2007
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College fined for listening in to employee's calls
... internet usage. It said that the monitoring carried out was an interference with Ms Copland’s rights, was not “in accordance with the law” and had therefore been a violation of her rights. Points to note The wrongful monitoring in this case took place in and around 1998/99 before the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) came into force. RIPA, in summary, now makes it unlawful for employers to intercept communications unless there are reasonable grounds to believe that staff and users have consented. The Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) Regulations 2000 have also been enacted since then and...
Case | 1 Jun 2007
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Facing up to Facebook in the Workplace
...ome and correspondence) and the employee was awarded damages of 3,000 plus costs. It is important to note that although the employee in this case was employed by a public body (and so was able to invoke the HRA) employees of private companies are able to rely on the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to bring similar complaints. Both these Acts prevent employers from accessing the personal emails of their staff or from listening to personal telephone calls without permission, save in very particular circumstances, most usually a criminal investigation. The same restrictions are likely to a...
News analysis | 13 Sep 2007
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Lack of protection under RIP Act
The watchdog for UK intelligence services, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), has warned that a tribunal that was created to protect against abuses of powers introduced under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act will be toothless. In a Commons debate this week following the presentation of an ISC interim report to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Alan Beith MP told the House that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal was too under-funded and short-staffed to carry out its job and ca...
News | 5 Apr 2001
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Website threatens any monitoring or restrictions of surfing
...y other web sites securely and privately, making monitoring of surfing activity impossible. It also offers secure internet e-mail accounts. The technology poses a threat to the effectiveness of any laws that give security agencies or employers to intercept on-line communications, such as the UK’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers legislation. With normal internet use, data transmitted to and from web sites visited can be secretly intercepted and examined, allowing the sites you visit to identify your computer’s unique IP (Internet Protocol) address. With SafeWeb, which frames any site visitors wish...
News | 3 Apr 2001
