11/30/2016

U.K. Surveillance Law Draws Outcry

Business and advocacy groups have been quick to speak out against the U.K.’s new Investigatory Powers Act

The U.K.’s new Investigatory Powers Act, which was signed into British law on Tuesday, grants broad surveillance powers to the government in the name of national security. Business and advocacy groups have been quick to speak out against the measure.

New legislation that gives British law enforcement officials unprecedented access to the online records of individual users was signed into law on Tuesday by the Queen of England, but the outcry against the legislation is already picking up.

Groups spanning the journalism, civil liberties, and technology spaces have raised concerns over the Investigatory Powers Act, which would require that internet service providers in Britain maintain records of all website visits for up to a year, along with data on users’ mobile devices, including apps used and phone call metadata. While individual web pages would not be tracked, web domains, IP addresses, computer data, and time on site would be.

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