UK bill forcing ISPs to store users’ browsing history to be published today

Nov04

by Sindy Cator on November 4, 2015 at 12:04 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Investigatory Powers, Surveillance, UK

New surveillance laws in the works will require broadband providers to store details of every site citizens visited in the past 12 months, reports the BBC. Set to be published today, the draft Investigatory Powers bill will allow police and security forces to access these records, while councils will be barred from viewing them. Home Secretary Theresa May says that these laws are needed to fight terrorism and will sufficiently safeguard citizens from abuse of power. ISPs won’t have to store and disclose every page you browse, but they will have to keep a record of every domain you visit.…