2012 Annual Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner
60% of the 25 public authorities who reported using their powers made less than 30 requests in
the reporting period. Figure 17 illustrates that 52% of the 2379 requests were for subscriber data
under Section 21(4) (c). 15 of the 25 public authorities acquired service use data under Section
21(4) (b), 9 acquired traffic data under Section 21(4) (a) and 16 acquired a combination of data
types.
Figure 17 – Percentage of Communications Data Requests by Type
Combination
Of (a),(b) and (c)
13%
Traffic Data
Section 21 (4)(a)
20%
Subscriber Data
Section 21 (4)(c)
Service use Data
Section 21 (4)(b)
15%
52%
Figure 18 illustrates that 90% of the Other public authorities inspected achieved a good level
of compliance with the Act and Code of Practice and this represents an 11 percentage point
increase on last year. However this percentage should be treated with caution as the public
authorities being inspected are not the same every year. My inspectors were generally satisfied
that communications data was being acquired lawfully and for a correct statutory purpose. The
applications were completed to a good standard and my inspectors were satisfied that the DPs
were discharging their statutory duties responsibly.
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