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Today the Government will publish the draft comms data bill which will increase police access to Internet communications data.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9330888/Scotland-Yard-chief-snooping-laws-matter-of-life-and-death.html

My thoughts on the proposals here :

http://actnowtraining.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/bigger-brother/

They will also ban access to communications data by councils. This seems to be a fig leaf. The Protection of Feedoms Act will require councils

to seek Magistrates' approval anyway:

http://actnowtraining.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/ripa-it-up-and-start-again/

Regards

Ibrahim Hasan

Www.actnow.org.uk

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