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• 21 Nov 09
  

  Chalana Perera

  SOCIAL privacy control equality policies people IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys IMPACT business politics ITGS

  • asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook.
  • ecret security services have legal powers in the UK to intercept communications in the interests of combating crime or threats to national security.
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  • • The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, suc

    • More communication via computers rather than phones

      
      
      
      

      Companies won't always keep all data all the time

      
      
      
      

      Anonymity online masks criminal identities

      
      
      
      

      More online services provided from abroad

      
      
      
      

      Data held in many locations and difficult to find
    • Communications data is crucial to the fight against crime and in keeping people safe. It is a highly technical area and one which demands a fine balance between privacy and maintaining the capabilities of the police and security services
    • recognition of the role of data in protecting the public
• 14 Nov 09
  

  Madeline Brownstone

  internet surveillance privacy politics and government

• 12 Nov 09
  

  Billy Olivares
  • Police and other agencies would then be able to ask CSPs for information on when a communication was sent and between whom.
  • In theory, law enforcement agencies will be able to link that information to specific devices such as an individual's smartphone or laptop.
• 10 Nov 09
  

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