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RIPA (or RIPSA) & Employee Surveillance

RIPA (or RIPSA) & Employee Surveillance

Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Jul 2022 Surveillance of employees is a contentious area of business in any organisation. Often employees feel that they can be the subject of surveillance by an employer that is acting as ‘Big Brother’,...
Report by Sue Gray and Whistleblowing

Report by Sue Gray and Whistleblowing

Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Mar 2022 The report by Sue Gray into the allegations of gatherings on government premises in contravention of the Coronavirus restrictions recently published. The report identified a number of issues...
The Role of the RIPA Authorising Officer

The Role of the RIPA Authorising Officer

Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Dec 2021 If you work in an organisation that uses the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to undertake surveillance activity or to deploy Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), or the...
Criminal Conduct Authorisations by CHIS

Criminal Conduct Authorisations by CHIS

Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Oct 2021 The Covert Human Intelligence Source Code of Practice has been updated to reflect the new Criminal Conduct Authorisations rules. (This used to be referred to as CHIS participation). The draft Code...
Hints & Tips for RIPA Applications & Authorisations

Hints & Tips for RIPA Applications & Authorisations

Author: Adrian Ramdat BA Ed, PGCE – Specialist Trainer Sept 2021 We are always being asked by people for ‘top tips’ in relation to applications and authorisations for covert activity under RIPA (and RIPSA) and in particular directed surveillance so we’ve come up...