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Goodbye Investigatory Powers Bill, Hello Investigatory Powers ACT #
In a year of unthinkable events, the IPB has passed the Commons and the Lords - just one more step and digital Government intrusion is law. This post sums up our view and details the results of our straw poll which asked what you think of the Investigatory Powers proposals.
17 November 2016
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Paul Heritage-Redpath, Product Manager[/caption]
This has been a year of unthinkable events, so it should come as no surprise that last night the Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB) passed the final hurdle in gaining approval by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. All that’s left for it to become law is to gain Royal Assent - i.e. the Queen has to sign it off.
Entanet has campaigned hard against the IPB and its previous incarnations. Given the volume of data breaches already this year, as a responsible ISP we consider the collection of every citizen's browsing history to be a profoundly bad idea; it is inevitable that, at best, there will be scope creep among government departments. At worst, your life will fall into the wrong hands.
Our recent straw poll indicates that others feel similarly:
Paul Heritage-Redpath, Product Manager[/caption]
This has been a year of unthinkable events, so it should come as no surprise that last night the Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB) passed the final hurdle in gaining approval by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. All that’s left for it to become law is to gain Royal Assent - i.e. the Queen has to sign it off.
Entanet has campaigned hard against the IPB and its previous incarnations. Given the volume of data breaches already this year, as a responsible ISP we consider the collection of every citizen's browsing history to be a profoundly bad idea; it is inevitable that, at best, there will be scope creep among government departments. At worst, your life will fall into the wrong hands.
Our recent straw poll indicates that others feel similarly:
- 57% said that, if the IPB was passed, they would be off to live in the woods so that they wouldn’t have a digital footprint to spy on
- 24% were mostly concerned about how their business will manage the cost of required data retention
- 14% have no idea what the IPB is and asked if they should be worried, and
- 5% weren’t bothered by it as they have nothing to hide.
- NewStatesman.com: The Investigatory Powers Bill would be better suited to a dictatorship
- Entanet Opinion: IPB now looks certain to be passed within weeks
- Entanet Opinion: May rushes through Snoopers Charter – why are we not surprised!?
- Entanet Opinion: Guest Blog: ISPAs ongoing concerns over the IPB
- ISPReview.co.uk: IPAct – Controversial New UK ISP Internet Snooping Bill Becoming LAW
- SCMagazineUK.com: The Investigatory Powers Bill is now set to become law
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