I’ve made a Janet submission to the joint Parliamentary Committee considering the draft Communications Data Bill. It’s actually quite hard to predict what the effect of the Bill would be, as the Bill creates extremely wide powers for both the Home Secretary and Law Enforcement and the impact will depend on how those powers are used.
Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has asked for evidence on the draft Communications Data Bill, so I’ve sent in a Janet submission pointing out the human rights i
The Government today published their Protection of Freedoms Bill, which contains changes to regulation in various different areas.
Thanks to Ibrahim Hasan for spotting that the Home Office's review of counter-terrorism and security powers includes a section on the acquisition of Communications Data by local authorities.