Nationwide collection of UK Citizen Internet Records
Trust thought for today - This is not from the Guardian or an NGO publication, but Civil Service World who are seriously questioning what is going on and the validity of the whole idea. WTAF
“Law enforcement agencies need access to ICR data, so that they can use it to support criminal investigations and identify where it may need to send requests for other data on other systems”– Home Office procurement specification
"The government plans to create a national service through which authorities can search for and obtain citizens’ internet connection records from communications firms.
'The rollout of the nationwide platform follows trials that came to light last year and involved two – unnamed – internet service providers.
'There has been no announcement from the government or other public authority of the decision to expand these explorations into a full national programme – one which could allow law enforcement agencies to access information on all websites visited by any individual in the UK.
'The creation of a nationwide platform was, rather, revealed in a recently published online procurement notice, inviting bids from tech firms to provide support with the migration of IT systems – as well as the development of a tool allowing authorities to search for information and filter results."