Decision details

To endorse an updated Corporate Policy and Protocol 2013 on the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) by council services

Following statutory introduction of approval from a Justice of the Peace, that the proposed new Corporate Policy and Protocol on the application of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, (as set out in Annex 2 to the submitted report), be endorsed.

Reasons for Decisions:

The introduction of a new Corporate Policy and Protocol will provide an updated framework to ensure that the authority continues to comply fully with the requirements of RIPA. It will maintain existing controls and the external audit regime and implement the additional statutory requirements of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

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