Jacqui Smith trails überdatabase plans: “ Let’s have a consensus The Home Secretary has today warned that the government will legislate to collect more data on internet communications because it believes it will help fight…
More powers needed to fight terrorism | Home Office 15 October 2008 Saying terrorists ‘wish to kill British people anywhere in the world’ the Home Secretary called for greater powers to track down and prosecute…
Here we go again…. Government to store records of all calls, e-mail and internet visits: “Government proposals to ‘collect and store’ records of every phone call, e-mail and internet visit in Britain were announced by…
Security services want personal data from sites like Facebook: “Ministers say terrorists and other criminals are using free websites as a way of concealing their communications” (Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from…
Commission admits failure and redrafts e-money rules: “The European Commission has admitted that its rules on e-money have stifled the market for virtual currencies over the past eight years and has proposed a revised set…
Concern over giant database idea: “The government’s terror watchdog is concerned at proposals for a giant database of all UK phone calls and web use.” (Via BBC News.)