Proposed UK law would monitor all emails and web access [Neowin]

[Vextor]

If you live in the UK, your emails and website visits could soon be monitored, in real time, by the country's government if a proposed law is put into effect. The BBC reports that the intelligence agency GCHQ would be able to monitor emails, website access, texts and phone calls under the proposed legislation.

The report claims that the proposal could be officially announced this May as part of the annual Queen's Speech before being voted on in Parliament. The GCHQ would not look into the content of any of these communication services without first getting a warrant. However, the law would allow the government to know the name of the person who is using the service, who he or she is contacting and for how long.

SOURCE: http://www.neowin.net/news/proposed-uk-law-would-monitor-all-emails-and-web-access

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I personally think this is a violation of privacy. Also, there is a way around this. In the UK, the BlackBerry phone is very popular, because of it's BlackBerry Messenger, and this cannot be tracked by the Government.

 

[Ink]

Stupid [censored] Government.

 

[jamescv7]

This will be worry by anyone all day long and night, feels a tracker is nearby only.

 

[McLovin]

I think that this is a invasion on privacy. They need to not do that.

 

[Prorootect]

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Terrorism debate: Are GCHQ set to spy on you? : on thesun.co.uk : http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4235581/Terrorism-debate-Are-GCHQ-set-to-spy-on-you.html

'A SNOOPER'S Charter is to be proposed by the Government next month. Under the new law all conversations over the internet, including social networking sites and Skype, plus emails will be recorded.
Police and security services will be able to demand details of who is having the conversation and what time it takes place, but will need a court order to listen to or read the content.
Opponents say it will bring the same kind of surveillance to the UK which takes place in China and Iran, while supporters say it's a tool in the fight against terrorism.' ..

DAVID DAVIS, Former Shadow Home Secretary: says NO:
'EVERY email to your friends. Every phone call to your wife. Every status update your child puts online.

The Government want to monitor the lot, by forcing internet firms to hand over the details to bureaucrats on request.

Whenever a government announces plans to snoop on British citizens, the argument is always the same — it needs the new law to stop terrorists.' ..

THERESA MAY, Home Secretary: says YES:
'THE internet is now a part of our daily lives — it's where we book our holidays, buy our Christmas presents and chat to our friends.

But new technology can also be abused by criminals, paedophiles and terrorists who want to cover their tracks and keep their communication secret.

Right now, the police and security agencies use information from phone records to solve crime and keep us safe.

Looking at who a suspect talks to can lead the police to other criminals. Whole paedophile rings, criminal conspiracies and terrorist plots can then be smashed.

Data like this has already helped lock away murderer Ian Huntley. It helped catch the gangland thugs who gunned down Rhys Jones.

Last year, police smashed a major international child pornography website based in Lincolnshire. They then used internet data analysis to find other suspected paedophiles.

Such data has been used in every security service terrorism investigation and 95 per cent of serious organised crime investigations over the last ten years.'


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.. and another TheSun article: Email spy war on paedos and terrorists : http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4233735/Email-spy-war-on-paedos-and-terrorists.html


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..so I say YES for this new law, sorry.
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[Jack]

"It is vital that police and security services are able to obtain communications data in certain circumstances to investigate serious crime and terrorism and to protect the public," said a Home Office spokesman, who said the plans would be brought forward "as soon as parliamentary time allows".

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/government-email-social-network-surveillance

Well , I do think that they want to use this law to monitor those suspecting of crimes or terrorism , and as long as a court order is need it for monitoring , this can only be a good law........ If they can monitor anyone at any time without any court approval then their is a strong possibility that this could lead to abuse's.

 

[Jack]

And the members from UK will be happy to hear that :

PM forced to retreat on ‘snooping’ powers

Plans to introduce new laws to give police, councils and other authorities access to “traffic data” over Skype, instant message and web-based email have been dropped from the Queen’s Speech in a humiliating climbdown for the government. Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, confirmed the U-turn at lunchtime, announcing that legislation will be published in “draft” form - meaning it will now be subject to years of scrutiny. The decision is a blow for Theresa May, the Home Secretary, coming hours after she said the new rules were needed to protect citizens from terrorists and paedophiles. However David Cameron and Mr Clegg have both decided the case has yet to be made for the change, so have rejected her proposals for the legislation to be announced in next month’s Queen’s Speech. Both Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg faced a barrage of opposition from MPs and their parties, since both leaders campaigned vigorously in favour of civil liberties in opposition. Jacob Rees-Mogg, David Davis and Dominic Raab led opposition on the Conservative benches, while Liberal Democrats led by Julian Huppert argued that the measures would contravene the party’s position in civil liberties. Mr Clegg confirmed the climbdown this lunchtime, telling the BBC that the legislation “will be published in draft form so there can be proper scrutiny and examination and stress testing”.

Read more: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/

It seems like the UK government is testing the public opinion with this announcements . LOL.

 

[Vextor]

Data like this has already helped lock away murderer Ian Huntley. It helped catch the gangland thugs who gunned down Rhys Jones.

Last year, police smashed a major international child pornography website based in Lincolnshire. They then used internet data analysis to find other suspected paedophiles.

Such data has been used in every security service terrorism investigation and 95 per cent of serious organised crime investigations over the last ten years.'


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.. and another TheSun article: Email spy war on paedos and terrorists : http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4233735/Email-spy-war-on-paedos-and-terrorists.html


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..so I say YES for this new law, sorry.
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But you have to understand that people's privacy will be vioalated. Crime might be reduced, but so will privacy.