Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Record of EVERY website you visit to be held for a year under new spying laws which also give spooks power to hack computers...

Details of every website visited will be stored for up to a year to be accessed by police and spooks under new spying laws unveiled today.

Home Secretary Theresa May argues that MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the police should be able to see which sites suspected terrorists and criminals have logged on to.

It forms part of the controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, which ministers claim is one of the most important pieces of legislation for the next five years.

Internet firms will have to keep records of website use for 12 months, detailing when emails were sent or when people connected to social media sites, such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.

With a warrant MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the police will able to find out details of the website a person has visited, but not which pages they have viewed within that site.

A further warrant would be required to view the content of any communications. However, councils will be barred from having any access to the internet records. Full story...

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