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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsV for Vendetta version of the UK no longer fictional?
British police are to be given the power to view the entire Internet history of everyone in the U.K. in a new surveillance bill to be published next week, reports say.
Under the proposed plan, telecoms and Internet service providers will be legally required to retain all Web browsing history for all customers for a period of 12 months, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The Guardian reports that senior officers want to revive the measures similar to those contained in the snoopers charter, which would force telecommunications companies to retain for 12 months data that would disclose websites visited by customers.
From the U.K.s Daily Telegraph:
Home Secretary Theresa May will announce the plans when she introduces the Governments new surveillance bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday.................(more)
The Telegraph understands the new powers for the police will form part of the new bill.
Police would be able to access specific web addresses visited by customers.
The new powers would allow the police to seize details of the website and searches being made by people they wanted to investigate.
They will still need to apply for judicial approval to be able to access the content of the websites.
Mrs May previously told the Commons enforcement agencies needed more powers to do their jobs effectively.
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/uk_police_to_be_given_powers_to_view_everyones_entire_internet_history_20
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V for Vendetta version of the UK no longer fictional? (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2015
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