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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by JupiterMoon on Friday November 06, 2015 @07:09AM (#10519038)
Well the <sarcasm>good news</end sarcasm> is that the new laws being proposed in the UK will give the data to the police as well. Given the record of abuse of such data it won't be long before they are dragnetting the database.
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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by spacecowboy_lon on Friday November 06, 2015 @08:41AM (#10519364)
That's the worrying issue then the Police and the Home Secratery are not getting on at the moment - I can see the lords putting some amendments down to kill off general access by the plod.
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