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New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of new technologies on the nature, ambit and objectives of communications surveillance, particularly lawful access and interception. A particular focus on the privacy issues arising from new approaches has been examined by taking a close look at the...

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Main Author: David, Lunga
Other Authors: Le Roux, Rochelle
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: Centre for Law and Society 2026
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description The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of new technologies on the nature, ambit and objectives of communications surveillance, particularly lawful access and interception. A particular focus on the privacy issues arising from new approaches has been examined by taking a close look at the sources of communications privacy rights and indeed expectations and the almost invariably antagonistic position of law enforcement in attempting to retain powers enjoyed under former lawful communications surveillance regimes.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43050 New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications David, Lunga Le Roux, Rochelle Privacy communications The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of new technologies on the nature, ambit and objectives of communications surveillance, particularly lawful access and interception. A particular focus on the privacy issues arising from new approaches has been examined by taking a close look at the sources of communications privacy rights and indeed expectations and the almost invariably antagonistic position of law enforcement in attempting to retain powers enjoyed under former lawful communications surveillance regimes. 2026-03-26T09:43:30Z 2026-03-26T09:43:30Z 2011 2026-03-24T08:37:36Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43050 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications
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title New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications
title_full New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications
title_fullStr New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications
title_full_unstemmed New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications
title_short New communication technologies versus next generation surveillance legislation prevailing trends and their effect on the privacy of communications
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