{"id":93668,"date":"2012-10-18T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=9726"},"modified":"2012-10-18T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T15:10:20","slug":"comms-data-bill-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=93668","title":{"rendered":"Event Recap: Index debates the UK's "Snooper's Charter""},"content":{"rendered":"

If passed, the UK’s\u00a0draft Communications Data Bill<\/a>\u00a0— also known as the “Snooper\u2019s Charter” —\u00a0will make room for the blanket storage of information on British citizen’s emails, text messages and internet activity. Companies would have to collect data they don’t currently retain,\u00a0and the Home Secretary would have the power to request communications equipment manufacturers install hardware to make spying easier.<\/p>\n

With these concerns in mind Index hosted a panel on the bill today chaired by trustee John Kampfner<\/a>, who was joined by\u00a0Index CEO Kirsty Hughes, Demos\u2019s\u00a0Jamie Bartlett<\/a>, Emma Ascroft of Yahoo and\u00a0Ian Brown<\/a> from Oxford University.<\/p>\n

There was consensus over the bill\u2019s red flags, particularly its broad language and wide extension of surveillance powers to anyone who provides telecommunications operating systems. This would include social networks and domain name registries.<\/p>\n

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K Hughes @indexcensorship<\/a>: danger that authoritarian regimes will adopt & imitate UK’ssnoopers’ charter. #commsdata<\/a><\/p>\n

— Natasha Schmidt (@tasheschmidt) October 18, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n