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UK Government Rejects Chance to Set Up e-Crime Unit

Leo King writes on Computerworld UK:

The government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security.

In the Communications Data Bill, part of draft legislation for the year, the government said it needed to react to technology developments including the growth in IP usage, and modify the ways in which it obtains and holds information passing over networks. But it made no mention of creating a police division that would focus on investigating and fighting online crime.

posted by Fergie @ 5/18/2008 10:02:00 PM