Home Office team continue work on Interception Modernisation Programme
Posted by Glyn in Data Protection, Data Retention, Privacy, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act at November 25th, 2008
A group of Home Office officials are continuing to work on plans for a giant central database of email, web browsing, phone and mobile location data, even though the laws the government had planned to legitimise it won’t be put to parliament until 2010 at the earliest, and possibly not at all. … Meanwhile a minister implied that the database could be built without any new laws, counter-terrorism minister Vernon Coaker “The results of the public consultation will be used to inform any decisions on the programme’s preferred solution and safeguards and to determine whether future legislation is needed.” … Some £1bn was allocated for early procurement and development in 2007.
Source: The Register
