Texts, emails, Skype - UK government’s snooping proposals
Posted by Anne in Data Retention, Privacy, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act at August 13th, 2008
Local councils, health authorities and hundreds of other public bodies [including the Food Standards Agency, the Health and Safety Commission and even the education standards watchdog, Ofsted] are to be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text, emails and internet use under Home Office proposals published yesterday…
As the measure is the result of an EU directive, the data will be made available to public investigators across Europe…
The consultation paper published yesterday estimates that it will cost the internet industry over £50m to store the mountain of data…
The measure will also cover VOIP - voice over internet protocol - calls such as Skype…
Source: Alan Travis writing for The Guardian
