Phone hacking law

[Coldicote]

Hacking has become a wearisome subject, but it's in the news nearly every day and doesn't look like going away. One thing I've yet to read is what law is being broken - presumably there is a statutory Act and Secton. What are offenders actually charged with? Can anyone enlighten me please.

[jno]

unlawfully intercepting communications

[4candles]

Interception of Communications Act 1985

http://www.legislatio...ukpga_19850056_en.pdf

[Coldicote]

Very good answers thank you. I have kept the link to study later

[ABerrant]

The Interception of Communications Act 1985 has mostly been repealed by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the bit that remains deals with disclosure of messages by persons running the telecommunications system.

Offences of unlawful interception by persons not running the telecommunications system is covered by RIPA 2000...

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23

[Coldicote]

Thanks again. AB is a 'mine of information'.

[grffindoor2011]

Hacking is a non crime as far as I'm concerned. We each have the right to each others information. If you don't want it known, do you have something to hide?

The biggest crime of all are the ludicrious payments being made to 'victims'.

[NOX]

No we do not have the ' right' to each other's personal information- people have a ' right' to privacy- or perhaps you'd enjopy it if I installed a webcam in each room of your house?

[jno]

we have the right to each other's information?

Er, could you just send a note of your email passwords to my Nigerian account...

[Old_Geezer]

Ah a good troll is rare to see.

Seems to me that law is strangely named. This so called phone hacking doesn't seem to be intercepting, since the voice message has already been delivered to the intended receiver, i.e. the voice mailbox; so it is no longer on route.