In the United Kingdom, is fuss about a plan to get the internet traffic of British monitors. According to the government, monitoring is necessary to combat terrorism, but according to privacyvoorvechters is the plan too far.
A bill that maybe will soon be introduced, would the British intelligence service GCHQ realtimetoegang to information about a person’s internet usage. That information would two years should be saved. The intelligence service would thus, without the intervention of the court, to know with whom someone had contact and which websites someone has visited.
Privacyorganisaties are concerned, reports the BBC. So called the group Big Brother Watch, the plan an ‘unprecedented step’, the United Kingdom at the level of China and Iran. Another group calls the plan a ‘drastic step’. Also a member of parliament from the Conservatives, who sit in government, calls the plan undesirable.
According to the government’s new measures are needed in the fight against terrorism and crime. Earlier it was announced that the British government thinks about the monitoring of the internet of convicted criminals. As that of the judge, for example, no social media use, the police can automatically be warned if they do.
In the Netherlands, data from the internet and telecomgebruikers stored in a central database, which is accessible to police and investigation and security services. Also, certain information about a person’s internet, such as location, session duration, and with whom someone had contact via e-mail, for a certain time. In January it was apparent that the retention is likely to be extended.