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Looking at the Register the latest idea of our labour unvotred in leader takes some digesting. You would think after losing heavily in the local elections he would think before he signs on dotted lines mind he would need to stop sitting on his brains to do that.
Privacy international has already said this would be illegal, would you trust this government with your data or as many are saying is it time to turn your back on your home country and move somewhere else.
Taken from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/20/central_government_database_proposed/The Brown government is considering a central database of all UK communications data including times and durations of phone calls, emails and internet access for every British citizen.
The draft bill is still being considered by ministers and a Home Office spokeswoman told us no decision had yet been reached.
The spokeswoman told The Register: "Ministers have made no decision on whether a central database will be included in that draft bill." She refused to compare the proposed legislation to Ripa, as it is still only a proposal.
Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act passed in 2000 and the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001, companies like telcos and internet service providers already have to keep this information in case it is needed by a police or security service investigation.
It appears what is different now is that this information will be actively collected and stored in one place by the government. Reports on the proposals suggest authorities will still need to go to the courts to gain access to the database. However, such a massive amount of data will be ripe for speculative data-mining and fishing techniques, rather than more targeted searches.
Privacy international has already said this would be illegal, would you trust this government with your data or as many are saying is it time to turn your back on your home country and move somewhere else.























