The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which represents over 330 ISPs – including many UK broadband providers, has made its response to the governments consultation on controversial Internet snooping plans public. The group warned that many important questions remained unanswered, such as precisely what data should be stored, costs of such storage, the impact upon a [...]
Communications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics.
The home secretary scrapped plans for a database but wants details to be held and organised for security services. The new system would track all e-mails, phone calls and internet use, including visits to [...]
The latest survey of 4,000 adults by advertising firm Burst Media has revealed that 80.1% of web surfers are concerned about the online privacy of their personal information (i.e. age, gender, income and web surfing habits). Furthermore the concern increases with age, rising from 67.3% among respondents 18-24 years to 85.7% with respondents 55 years [...]
A private company could be asked to run a huge database containing details of all telephone calls, emails and internet use, it has been reported. The option to tender out the management of the database will be included in a consultation paper to be published next month, according to the Guardian.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said [...]
Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data is to be collected and stored by ‘black boxes’ before being transferred to a giant central database. The vision was outlined at a meeting between officials from the Home Office and Internet Service Providers earlier this week.
At [...]
