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ISPA statement on NHTCU request for ISP cooperation with US Atrocity investigations

ISPA statement on NHTCU request for ISP cooperation with US Atrocity investigations
 
13 September 2001
 
ISPA has circulated to its members a request from the UK's National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) for ISPs to preserve existing communications data held on their systems in an effort to assist with investigations into the atrocities in the United States of America on Tuesday 11th September 2001.
 
The NHTCU has assured ISPA members that any data preserved and retained as a result of this request will only be accessed in accordance with specific lawful authority. The request refers only to "communications data", such as logs of email sent and received.  All requests for email content will still require an interception warrant.
ISPA has been informed that the Information Commissioner's office believes that "the request from the NHTCU is lawful and proportionate in the circumstances".
 
For more information, please contact ISPA Secretariat on 020 7233 7234.
The National High Tech Crime Unit can be contacted on 0870 241 0549