Police seek powers to access browsing history of UK computer users

Senior officers seek to revive measures seen in 'snooper's charter' ahead of forthcoming legislation regulating surveillance powers

Police have lobbied the government for the power to view the internet browsing history of every computer user in Britain ahead of the publication of legislation on regulating surveillance powers.

Senior officers want to revive the measures similar to those contained in the"snooper's charter", which would force telecommunications companies to retain for 12 months data that would disclose websites visited by customers, reported the Times.