Internet Snooperhighway

The British Government has just set up a dedicated unit for delivering the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP),  a surveillance project that will record the details of every email, phone call, text message and internet session in the UK. This will cost the taxpayer £2bn over 10 years. 
While the police need to use communication data to stop crime, this does not justify collecting all our private data, on the assumption that we are guilty until proven innocent.
Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner responsible for overseeing the protection of private information, has described the creation of the IMP as "... a step change in the relationship between the citizen and the state". 
Also, given the Government's ability to lose our private data, we can have no confidence that the data will be kept securely, leading to the possibility of sensitive personal or business information falling into the wrong hands.
At a time when the Government deems it acceptable to make widespread public funding cuts, the Government considers that its creeping programme to snoop on us all is sacrosanct.
Find out more
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12013
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=10315
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=11189