Police Given Access To Snoop On The Websites You Visit
Police and Security services can see the websites a person visits without a warrant under new legislation.
The web browsing history of every person in the UK will be recorded for a year under new legislation being announced by the government.
Police and Security services will be able to access the data, including the internet webpages a person visits, without a warrant.
People’s use of the web on phones, tablets and social media will also be monitored.
We have been asking people in Manchester whether they would object to the new laws.
The new draft Investigatory Powers Bill is intended to bring together all the surveillance powers of the police and security services under one legislation.
The Home Secretary and other senior ministers currently have to sign warrants to allow the security services to hack the computers of suspected criminals.
Other contentious parts of the bill include whether politicians and judges should have the power to sign off warrants to have the access to emails, phone calls and text messages.
The first attempt to introduce ‘the snooper charter’ failed under the previous Coalition Government, after it was rejected by the Liberal Democrats.
Voting on the final version of the bill will take place later next year.
By Carlie Foster