Big brother is recording you right now viewing this page - UK go live today with new EU directive

Quietly, and to some degree by the back door, a new EU directive has gone live today in the UK. It is now law that all Internet usage, websites visited, emails and web phonecalls will be recorded and stored for at least 12 months.

The idea is for police and security services to have easy access to the data to combat crime and terrorism. Be aware that many other bodies including local councils will also be able to access the data.

Why has there been so little media attention to this?

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UKBA set to share fingerprint data with US, Canada and Australia

We are soon going to see cross-border information sharing from the UK Border Agency.  This appears to be the first major move from the organisation (that has achieved full executive agency status from 1st April).

I wonder how long until all biometric data will be freely exchanged between border agencies?

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