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| Snooper's charter: Theresa May tightens privacy protections in revised Investigatory Powers Bill | Snooper's charter: Theresa May tightens privacy protections in revised Investigatory Powers Bill |
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| Theresa May has bowed to pressure from MPs and toughened up privacy protections in new surveillance laws published today with a view to getting them in place by the end of the year. | |
| A draft version of the Investigatory Powers Bill – the so-called “snooper’s charter” – faced stinging criticism in three parliamentary reports in January. | A draft version of the Investigatory Powers Bill – the so-called “snooper’s charter” – faced stinging criticism in three parliamentary reports in January. |
| Sources said the Home Secretary had revised key sections of the Bill in response, with the aim of heading off objections that the legislation handed too much power to the security services to eavesdrop and bug communications. | Sources said the Home Secretary had revised key sections of the Bill in response, with the aim of heading off objections that the legislation handed too much power to the security services to eavesdrop and bug communications. |
| However, the concessions are unlikely to meet the objections of civil liberties groups or to reassure parliamentary critics who say the legislation is being rushed through parliament. | However, the concessions are unlikely to meet the objections of civil liberties groups or to reassure parliamentary critics who say the legislation is being rushed through parliament. |
| The Bill will now: | The Bill will now: |
| A source said: “We have considered the committees’ reports carefully and the Bill we are bringing forward today reflects the majority of their recommendations. We have strengthened safeguards, enhanced privacy protections and bolstered oversight arrangements. | A source said: “We have considered the committees’ reports carefully and the Bill we are bringing forward today reflects the majority of their recommendations. We have strengthened safeguards, enhanced privacy protections and bolstered oversight arrangements. |
| “Terrorists and criminals are operating online and we need to ensure the police and security services can keep pace with the modern world and continue to protect the British public from the many serious threats we face.” | “Terrorists and criminals are operating online and we need to ensure the police and security services can keep pace with the modern world and continue to protect the British public from the many serious threats we face.” |