UK Government revives "snooper's charter"
It emerged this week that a draft bill extending the
government's powers to retain communications records will be
reintroduced following the Conservative party's election
victory. The draft communications data bill (dubbed the
"snoopers' charter" by civil rights campaigners) was
previously blocked by the Conservatives' then coalition
partners. The revised draft bill extends the original proposals and
gives law enforcement agencies greater access to records.
French Senate considers intelligence law
The French parliament has approved a bill which will allow
communications to be tapped without the permission of a judge, in
the wake of the terrorist attacks in January at the office of
satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish grocery store. The
bill, which is now before the Senate, also gives security forces
powers to collect internet users' metadata for analysis.
President Francois Hollande has given assurances that the
