Investigatory powers bill: snooper's charter to remain firmly in place
by Alan Travis Home affairs editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#SCAY)
Legislation will enshrine security services' licence to hack, bug and burgle their way across the web - with judicial oversight still to be determined
The key elements of the snooper's charter, including the bulk collection and storage for 12 months of everyone's personal data, tracking their use of the web, phones and social media, will remain firmly in place when the government publishes its new investigatory powers bill on Wednesday.
The legislation, to be introduced by the home secretary, Theresa May, will provide the security services with an explicit licence to "snoop on the web" for the first time.
