78
IPCO Annual Report 2018
2% 2%
12%
Internet related data
Telephony related data
Postal related data
Other types of data
Communication
data type
Total 690839
84%
Figure 6: Communications data by communication type, 2018
45%
Communication
data type
Total 689543
54%
Section 21(4)(a) traffic data
Section 21(4)(b) service use information
Section 21(4)(c) subscriber information
1%
Figure 7: Communications data by data type, 2018
11.56
In advance of the transition to independent authorisation by OCDA in 2019, we made
several recommendations to ensure that the requirement for independent scrutiny of
authorisations was upheld and that an independent designated person reviewed all
applications for CD. This was to ensure compliance with the relevant CoP.
11.57
We inspect Professional Standards Departments and Counter-Corruption Units within
police forces in relation to their use of CD. These units are unique in their role and it is
essential that this is recognised when applications are made to obtain intelligence for
the purpose of progressing internal, non-criminal, investigations. We recommended that
applications from the Counter-Corruption Unit or Professional Standards Department must
be explicit as to the nature of criminal conduct under investigation, acknowledging CD can
only be acquired for the core function of prevention and detection of crime, and not for
the ordinary function of discipline. In some cases, we were concerned that forces were