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Investigatory Powers Act

A law in the United Kingdom granting retention and retention-adjacent powers to the state.

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Jan 15, 2026
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What differences in privacy risk arise from VPN jurisdiction (Switzerland vs. US/EU)?

Switzerland historically offered stronger legal insulation for VPNs—outside Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes and with constitutional privacy traditions—giving providers and users meaningful legal cover versus ...

Jan 19, 2026
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What legal obligations require ISPs to retain connection metadata about Tor usage in different countries?

Mandatory data‑retention regimes in multiple countries require ISPs and telecom operators to store connection metadata (IP addresses, timestamps, subscriber identifiers) for set periods, which can rev...

Feb 5, 2026

What legal or parliamentary mechanisms can compel disclosure of meetings and lobbying around national security contracts in the UK?

A mixture of statutory registers, departmental transparency rules, new criminal and investigatory powers, and parliamentary post‑legislative scrutiny create the limited architecture that can compel or...

Jan 7, 2026

What exactly did the UK Technical Capability Notice to Apple demand and what legal challenges has it faced?

The UK Technical Capability Notice (TCN) issued to Apple under the Investigatory Powers Act demanded that Apple maintain the capability to provide access to data stored in its iCloud Advanced Data Pro...

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