UK to push for law to retain all communications data
The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications.
The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications.
Criminal arrests made under more powerful wiretapping laws have increase by 96 percent following reforms that make it easier for police to intercept and access telecommunications.
A federal judge has denied motions by the US government and AT&T to stop a lawsuit over alleged participation by the carrier in an illegal wiretapping program by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
They sometimes call national security the third rail of politics. Touch it and, politically, you're dead.