Ban On the Bin Snoopers ; Town Hall Spies to Be Barred From Using Terror Laws

Daily Mail (December 16, 2008)

Author: James Slack

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TOWN hall bureaucrats are to be banned from using anti-terror laws to spy on people suspected of minor bin 'crimes'.

In a victory for the Daily Mail, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will today announce sweeping reforms to the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

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Ban On the Bin Snoopers ; Town Hall Spies to Be Barred From Using Terror Laws

The review will strip councils of the power to use the anti- terror legislation 'disproportionately' for minor crimes, such as dog fou...

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