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21 March 2019

UPDATE – IPCO 2017 Annual Report – revised copy published 21 March 2019

Subsequent to the laying in Parliament of our 2017 Annual Report on 31st January (ISBN 978-1-5286-0971-5), a small number of …
18 March 2019

IPC responds to Juvenile CHIS Enquiry

On 8 March 2019, the Rt Hon. Lord Justice Fulford responded to the Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP’s enquiry…
31 January 2019

IPCO 2017 Annual Report Published 31 January 2019

The Prime Minister has today laid our 2017 Annual Report in Parliament. The Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Adrian Fulford, made…
15 January 2019

IPCO Statement on 12 December 2018 Chatham House Discussions

On 12 December 2018, on behalf of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE QC hosted an invitation-only…
31 December 2018

Event – Commonwealth Ombudsman Visit

The Commonwealth recently met the Investigatory Powers Commissioner Sir Adrian Fulford to discuss their respective oversight regimes. They discussed shared…
06 December 2018

Safeguards governing investigatory powers now in effect

All warrants permitting the use of investigatory powers are now subject to the double-lock safeguard requiring approval from one of…
03 December 2018

Strengthening oversight: the exchange of data between intelligence and security services

On 14th November 2018, five oversight bodies from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland issued a joint statement concerning…
29 November 2018

The consultation on the Consolidated Guidance has now ended

The consultation on the Consolidated Guidance has now ended.  We received a number of valuable submissions and would like to…
29 August 2018

IPCO’s response to juvenile CHIS

Following recent Parliamentary debates on the use of juveniles as Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), the Chair of the Joint…

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