Section 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984: a warning from history
This blog explains the extent to which the national security agencies have been collecting bulk Communications Data using powers which are being exercised in a way that were never subject to Parliamentary scrutiny. Such data collection is neither subject to the relevant Code of Practice covering communications data nor to scrutiny from the Regulator who was specifically tasked by Parliament to supervise the use of communications data. The blog comprises yet another lesson in the dangers of leaving wide ranging




