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‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails

                   
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19-May-2008
        
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A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under... [read full story]                    

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Home Office calls for a 'Big Brother' database

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Home Office calls for a 'Big Brother' database

heise-online.co.uk
22-May-2008
        

The Home Office is preparing a new Communications Data Bill to be published in draft form for pre-legislative scrutiny later this year. The bill may contain plans to create a vast consolidated database tracking all telephone calls made and all e-mails sent in the UK, over a rolling 12 month time...

UK ‘Communications Data Bill’ Raises Civil Liberties Concerns

teleclick.ca
22-May-2008
        

The United Kingdom is considering an ominous proposal to create a massive government database of emails, text messages, and VoIP calls, in the name of “security” against crime and terrorism. British telecom operators are already required to keep phone and SMS records for 12 months as part of the...

                   

UK mulls massive database to check terror: report

keralanext.com
21-May-2008
        

LONDON: Britain is considering a massive database to store all emails, phone calls, text messages and internet use by its citizens in an attempt to tackle crime and terrorism, a move likely to raise alarm among critics who see the UK becoming an "endemic surveillance society". Presently, records...

                   
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Privacy watchdog criticises proposed communication database

vnunet.com
21-May-2008
        

Tom Young, Computing, Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 10:19:00 ICO says database is a disproportianate response to terrorism The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised a proposed government plan to create a database of mobile phone and internet communications.... > Read the full article

‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails

buzzflash.net
21-May-2008
        

A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under...

Government mulls plan to store all e-mails and phone calls

tiscali.co.uk
21-May-2008
        

LONDON (Reuters) - A massive government database which would store everybody’s e-mails, Internet information, phone-calls and text messages is being considered to help security forces in the fight against crime and terrorism. At the moment, records of phone-calls and text messages are kept up to...

                   

UK to monitor all online communications?

builderau.com.au
21-May-2008
        

Details of every phone call, e-mail and period of time spent on the Internet by the public would be held on a British government database under a plan to combat crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies would hand over the records to the Home Office,...

Plan to record all calls and emails alarms watchdog

guardian.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

Internet companies and security experts have reacted angrily to the prospect of a government database that could keep a record of every telephone call, email and website visit made in Britain. Proposals in the forthcoming data communications bill show how the Home Office is planning to create a...

                   

UK gov't plans huge database of e-mails and phone calls

computerworld.com.au
20-May-2008
        

The plans may be included in the draft Communications Data Bill, under which the government has proposed better policing of data, including that on IP networks, in the interests of national security. The government said in a statement that it needed to keep up with changes in technology so that...

                   

UK gov't plans huge database of e-mails and phone calls

linuxworld.com.au
20-May-2008
        

The plans may be included in the draft Communications Data Bill, under which the government has proposed better policing of data, including that on IP networks, in the interests of national security. The government said in a statement that it needed to keep up with changes in technology so that...

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