Talk:Investigatory Powers Act 2016

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Provisions of the draft bill[edit]

Move these to Talk as no citation given: Whizz40 (talk) 22:22, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

due to a crossover between the ACTA (Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) allowing for the first time copyright holders to request interception powers which would permit the remote encrypting of a target's hard drives if a penalty is not paid equivalent to the loss of IP reported;^{[citation needed]}
create a new criminal offence of "failing to adequately encrypt" for companies and individuals handling certain types of data which could potentially outlaw some legacy browsers and systems without at least SSL3 unless they are air gapped.^{[citation needed]}

Royal Assent[edit]

Should this article have the bill listed as an act with royal assent already granted?

The Guardian article cited in the lead^[1] ends with the words:

This article was amended on 19 November 2016. The act has not yet received royal assent, as stated in an earlier version.

The UK parliament website^[2] lists the bill as still in ping-pong between the Lords an the Commons.

Polly Tunnel (talk) 16:03, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It does indeed look like it was moved too soon, but as royal assent is a formality it may not be worth moving back. Whizz40 (talk) 16:25, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ewen MacAskill (19 November 2016). "'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ "Investigatory Powers Bill 2015-16 to 2016-17". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[1] Ewen MacAskill (19 November 2016). "'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[2] "Investigatory Powers Bill 2015-16 to 2016-17". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

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