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Anti-Snooping Campaign Launched Over Freedom Of Expression Fears
- The Guardian, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:56 AM
Senior editors and lawyers condemned as “wholly inadequate” safeguards put forward in a code of practice by the home secretary, Theresa May, to meet concerns over the police use of surveillance powers linked to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa). Critics of May’s safeguards fear that the police will still have sweeping powers to access the phone and email records of professionals such as journalists, lawyers, doctors, MPs and priests who handle privileged, confidential information.
