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Monitoring Software


Monitoring Software

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xDanx
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I have not got any monitoring software on my SHPO, but I can only assume the software used will likely use key loggers and screenshots every few seconds which they will have access too. You could argue all sorts with your PPU but they will not care or help you remove what is written on your SHPO. You could take it back to court to amend the order on the grounds that it is not smith compliant :

SHPO's are designed to only include negative actions in which your restricted from doing and should not include positive actions to provide further information, this is would conflict with the Notification requirements which already outlines what information you are required to provide, which does NOT include device information. But SHPO's are constantly being abused in order to get information they are not entitled too. This is out lined in the Smith Court of Appeal. http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2011/1772.html&query=(R)+AND+(v)+AND+(Smith)+AND+(indecent) para 17

"Notification requirements and the conditions of a SOPO are generally two different things. The first require positive action by the defendant, who must report his movements to the police. The second prohibit him from doing specified things. Ordinarily there ought to be little or no overlap between them."

I would argue that monitoring software should also be considered a positive action because its purpose is to collection information which SHPO's are not made for.




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3 Years Ago by xDanx
Richie
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As part of my SHPO the police are entitled to install monitoring software on my devices. 

After a long time of having no monitoring software they have now installed monitoring software on my devices and I have to say I am unhappy about the software on my Android Tablet.

It appears that screen cast is constantly running on my tablet and it looks like everything that I do is being monitored not just my internet history. So any family picture I look at, family video, online video, book, online banking, any email I read or write etc is all being monitored.

My assumption was that they were only allowed to record my internet history. My offence is internet based and my SHPO only states I must register the device and not delete internet history or use incognito mode.  

I can't really see what they have installed on my laptop and what it is doing but I dread to think

Does anyone have any experience of this and has anyone challenged the police when they install software on their devices?
 
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