The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office is asking UK communication service providers (CSPs) to extend the range of information they currently hold on their subscribers for use by the police, MI5 and other public bodies investigating crime and terrorism. CSPs are being asked to record internet contacts between people, but not the content, as part of a modernization in UK police surveillance tactics. The new system would track all e-mails, phone calls and Internet use, including visits to social network sites.
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It'll be very interesting to see how this all plays out.
Posted by: Carolyn Sosnowski | May 07, 2009 at 09:53 AM