The Government is preparing rules which will force internet companies to keep a record of every email, every text and every voicemail that YOU send in the UK. (See BBC report.) They are also considering plans to monitor Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. (See BBC report.)
Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson is campaigning against this massive invasion of your privacy. It's YOUR personal data, not the Government's.
"The Labour Government has gone completely power mad," said Stephen. "They already want a massive database of all your personal details and to collect up your DNA. Now they want all your emails, texts and web messages as well.
"All this will do is put billions and billions of OUR money into the hands of computer companies. It will not make us any safer. In fact, their past track record shows that they cannot be trusted with our personal data and will quite possibly lose the information."
Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne MP added: "This Government has consistently misunderstood the need to balance security with liberty. When people are struggling to make ends meet, there must be a better way to spend taxpayers' money than forcing internet providers to snoop on us."
Official criticism of the proposals
In July 2008, the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, criticised the proposed Government-run telephone and internet communications database. (See reports in The Guardian and on Prison-Planet.)
And also..... "Here's proof. The innocent do have something to fear" (Guardian article by Simon Jenkins)
If you agree that this is YOUR data not the Government's……
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