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'Mass surveillance' fears over law change plans
Trade body techUK outlines "substantial concerns" over plans to amend the Investigatory Powers Act.
The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill will make urgent, targeted changes to reflect the reality of modern threats to national security whilst utilising the necessary tools to keep the public safe, underpinned by world-leading safeguards and oversight". Weaken safeguards when intelligence services collect bulk datasets, potentially enabling the harvesting of millions of facial images and social media data Expand the range of politicians who can authorise the surveillance of parliamentarians Impede companies' ability to advance the data protection efforts expected by users, governments and regulators globally Make the UK the "weak link" in the chain of global online security The signatories to the statement include the the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and the Internet Society, as well as human rights groups such as Liberty and Privacy International.
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