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+-   Government proposes internet tracking-> on Wednesday August 13 2008, @04:23AM Barence

Submitted by Barence on Wednesday August 13 2008, @04:23AM
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Barence writes "Big Brother Britain moved a step further today with the news that the Government will store "a billion incidents of data exchange a day" as details of every text, email and browsing session in the UK are recorded. Under new proposals published yesterday, the information will be made available to police forces in order to crack down on serious crime, but will also be accessible by local councils, health authorities and even Ofsted and the Post Office. The Conservatives have criticised the idea, with the Shadow Home Secretary saying, "yet again the Government has proved itself unable to resist the temptation to take a power quite properly designed to combat terrorism to snoop on the lives of ordinary people in everyday circumstances.""
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