megilleland Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 The Independent today: Investigatory Powers Bill: Theresa May accused of rushing snoopers' charter into law to avoid scrutiny Theresa May has been accused of trying to rush through controversial new surveillance laws before the EU referendum campaign, after it emerged that a new “snoopers’ charter†will be introduced in the Commons this week. The Home Secretary’s draft Bill – giving spy agencies sweeping powers to monitor people’s web history – was attacked in a series of parliamentary reports earlier this month, sparking calls for it to be entirely rewritten. A joint committee of MPs and peers has claimed that Mrs May’s proposed overhaul of spying laws was “flawed†and set out 86 proposed changes. However, Mrs May will formally bring forward the Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill on 1 March. The Bill is the Government’s second attempt at creating new digital surveillance powers for the security services. The first – the original “snoopers’ charter†– was dropped after Nick Clegg vetoed its introduction in 2013 over privacy fears. So who is going to spy on the government and will they be selling our web history to anyone including the FBI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 The Independent today: So who is going to spy on the government and will they be selling our web history to anyone including the FBI? We'll end up paying extra to the ISPs to pay for the privilege too. Who will safeguard our data once it's recorded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpusseycat Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 The data once recorded will be vetted by psychological experts to determine if you are a threat to national security . then ask the question what is national security is it radicalisation terrorists spies or the public reading about something they do not want you to know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 The data once recorded will be vetted by psychological experts to determine if you are a threat to national security . A 15 year old boy was recently reported to the Police by his school for viewing 'politically incorrect websites, indicating extremist views'. He'd been looking at a UKIP website. So the authorities are already investigating people who might not be thinking in a way that fits in with the total mainstream. Independent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megilleland Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Brian Gerrish from UK Column News has interviewed the father of the boy who was viewing "politically incorrect websites" It does look like the state has an agenda of snooping on us. Interview starts at 6:55 and ends at 29:00 on programme that went out on 29th February 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Brian Gerrish from UK Column News has interviewed the father of the boy who was viewing "politically incorrect websites" I'm no fan of his style of trying to find a scandal under any establishment stone he may stumble across but I'd defend his right to say what he does. He needs to sort his tie out from today's transmission tho .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megilleland Posted November 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2016 Well here we are 9 months down the road. The Independent - 17th November 2016 Investigatory Powers Bill: ‘Snoopers Charter 2’ to pass into law, giving Government sweeping spying powers The bill will force internet companies to store their users’ browsing data for a year, and will allow the government to force phone makers to hack into people’s handsets The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill, putting the huge spying powers on their way to becoming law within weeks. The bill – which forces internet companies to keep records on their users for up to a year, and allows the Government to force companies to hack into or break things they’ve sold so they can be spied on – has been fought against by privacy campaigners and technology companies including Apple and Twitter. But the Government has worked to continue to pass the bill, despite objections from those companies that the legislation is not possible to enforce and would make customers unsafe. The House of Lords’s agreement to the text now means that it just awaits Royal Assent, at which point it will become law. The full list of agencies that can now ask for UK citizen's browsing history, which is laid out in Schedule 4 of the bill and was collected by Chris Yiu, is below: Metropolitan police force City of London police force Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 Police Service of Scotland Police Service of Northern Ireland British Transport Police Ministry of Defence Police Royal Navy Police Royal Military Police Royal Air Force Police Security Service Secret Intelligence Service GCHQ Ministry of Defence Department of Health Home Office Ministry of Justice National Crime Agency HM Revenue & Customs Department for Transport Department for Work and Pensions NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service Competition and Markets Authority Criminal Cases Review Commission Department for Communities in Northern Ireland Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland Department of Justice in Northern Ireland Financial Conduct Authority Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 Food Standards Agency Food Standards Scotland Gambling Commission Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Health and Safety Executive Independent Police Complaints Commissioner Information Commissioner NHS Business Services Authority Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation Office of Communications Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Police Investigations and Review Commissioner Scottish Ambulance Service Board Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission Serious Fraud Office Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust I spy with my little eye something to use against you when you step out of line. Democracy going down the pan rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 It's a tricky one, Megilleland. It all depends on how seriously you want to tackle preparation for acts of terrorism, access to child pornography and people researching how to commit the perfect murder etc. The key to this will be the authority levels to gain access to such records. For example, search warrants are granted to the police by magistrates. Tests apply, such as: how reliable is the source, how recent is the information, how accurate is it, has it been provided maliciously and can it be corroborated. There are other considerations which must be addressed too. I'd expect a very high threshold of tests to be applied by the Courts before State agencies can go snooping through your internet research. Like I say, it's a tricky one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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