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UK: House of Commons Science and Technology Committee: Investigatory Powers Bill: technology issues

01 February 2016

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"Previous attempts to legislate in this area have met with criticisms over the lack of consultation with communications service providers (CSPs) on matters of technical feasibility and cost. In our inquiry we have focused on technological aspects of the draft Bill in order to identify the main technological issues involved and how these might affect the communications businesses that will have to collect data and cooperate with the security authorities.

We have not addressed the need or otherwise for the communications monitoring provisions or whether they are proportionate to the threats they are intended to deal with. We anticipate that these matters will be covered by the Joint Committee established to scrutinise the draft Bill as a whole."

See the full text: House of Commons Science and Technology Committee: Investigatory Powers Bill: technology issues (pdf)

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