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It\u2019s official, the Investigatory Powers Act has received royal assent as of Tuesday afternoon and what has been billed as the most draconian mass surveillance law that has ever officially become law in a Western country. The Investigatory Powers Act<\/a>, dubbed the \u201cSnooper\u2019s Charter\u201d by British media, is nothing short of blatant, privacy-invading mass surveillance<\/a>. Under the new law, UK companies will be forced to aid government agencies in breaking into suspects\u2019 smartphones and computers. What\u2019s worse, every Connection Service Provider in the UK now has to store 1 year of \u201cinternet connection records\u201d and\u00a0<\/em>metadata\u00a0that are to be available to the government at the drop of a hat. The same applies for mobile phone history.<\/p>\n

The law was first proposed over a year ago and did not receive sufficient opposition from MPs. In fact, the only amendment<\/a> that the politicians involved allowed to the Snooper\u2019s Charter was to exempt MPs from being spied upon.<\/p>\n

Investigatory Powers Act receives royal assent, becomes law immediately<\/h2>\n

Now that the IP Act has officially been enacted, according to Schedule 4 of the act, these are the government organizations<\/a> that will have access to a year of your internet history, but not those of the MPs that voted for this draconian law:
\n\u2013 Metropolitan Police Service
\n\u2013 City of London Police
\n\u2013 Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
\n\u2013 Police Service of Scotland
\n\u2013 Police Service of Northern Ireland
\n\u2013 British Transport Police
\n\u2013 Ministry of Defence Police
\n\u2013 Royal Navy Police
\n\u2013 Royal Military Police
\n\u2013 Royal Air Force Police
\n\u2013 Security Service
\n\u2013 Secret Intelligence Service
\n\u2013 GCHQ
\n\u2013 Ministry of Defence
\n\u2013 Department of Health
\n\u2013 Home Office
\n\u2013 Ministry of Justice
\n\u2013 National Crime Agency
\n\u2013 HM Revenue & Customs
\n\u2013 Department for Transport
\n\u2013 Department for Work and Pensions
\n\u2013 NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services
\n\u2013 Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
\n\u2013 Competition and Markets Authority
\n\u2013 Criminal Cases Review Commission
\n\u2013 Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
\n\u2013 Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland
\n\u2013 Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
\n\u2013 Financial Conduct Authority
\n\u2013 Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
\n\u2013 Food Standards Agency
\n\u2013 Food Standards Scotland
\n\u2013 Gambling Commission
\n\u2013 Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
\n\u2013 Health and Safety Executive
\n\u2013 Independent Police Complaints Commissioner
\n\u2013 Information Commissioner
\n\u2013 NHS Business Services Authority
\n\u2013 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
\n\u2013 Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
\n\u2013 Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services
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\n\u2013 Office of Communications
\n\u2013 Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
\n\u2013 Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
\n\u2013 Scottish Ambulance Service Board
\n\u2013 Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
\n\u2013 Serious Fraud Office
\n\u2013 Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another draconian internet law has also passed in the UK, the Digital Economy Bill<\/a> has recently passed through the House of Commons and is barreling on its way towards its own royal assent. Staying anonymous online in the UK is harder than ever. Check out Comparitech\u2019s guide on staying anonymous online<\/a>. Of course, a logless VPN is key.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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