The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, known colloquially as the Snooper’s Charter, is the UK’s new surveillance scheme which grants more power to police and other services to investigate online activity.

The newly passed "Snooper's Charter" means British police and intelligence agencies will soon be able to see every website that everyone in the UK visits. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and ...

With the UK on the brink of signing into law new powers that would allow government agencies to spy on citizens’ online activity and communication, Britain’s defence and security industry has told MPs ...

A new Parliamentary Joint Committee on the latest draft of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill proposal – colloquially known as the Snooper’s Charter, due to its wide-ranging powers of mass ...

A new ruling from the European Union's Court of Justice in Luxembourg is opening up the potential to challenge the UK's Investigatory Powers Act, which was passed earlier this year. Otherwise known as ...

The highest court in Europe today ruled that “general and indiscriminate” data retention directives contravene European Union law — dealing a significant blow to governments and organizations who have ...

The highest court in Europe has ruled that the UK’s draconian new mass surveillance bill, passed into law last month, is illegal. The case against the Investigatory Powers Act – nicknamed the ...

This charter can have big consequences for UK business. Nobody will be able to trust companies with data centers in uk or anyway subject to the charter. I have seen RFQs from large operators asking ...

There are fears Conservatives may try to undermine encryption too. The sun was barely up on Friday morning before Theresa May was on TV, gleefully anticipating the reintroduction of this sh**e. To ...