Colcam: Brown's State - Listening To Us All

Monday, October 01, 2007

Brown's State - Listening To Us All

We know Gordon is WATCHING us all - for our own good, you understand, because he cares so much about us - but from now on he will be LISTENING to us too.

From tomorrow, phone companies, mobile and landline, are obliged to keep details of every phone call made in Britain, details which will not only be available to government officials, the police and security services, but to nearly 800 public bodies including local councils, tax authorities, Department of Health, immigration, and even the Charity Commission.

It is not yet clear whether Sybil, the Downing Street cat is included in the list of new snoopers tracking our every move.

The new law was slipped through by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, with no parliamentary debate.

RINF - Big Brother Britain: Government and councils to spy on ALL our phones

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Labels: Brown, Labour, Politics, Surveillance