http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stm
Rules forcing internet companies to keep details of every e-mail sent in the UK are a waste of money and an attack on civil liberties, critics say.
From March all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will by law have to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year.
The government will pay the ISPs more than £25m to ensure work runs smoothly.
The Home Office insists the data, which does not include e-mails' content, is vital for crime and terror inquiries.
Dr Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge's computer lab said the money could have been better spent.
He said:"There's going to be a record of every single e-mail which arrived addressed to you and all the e-mails you sent out via your ISP.
"That of course includes all the spam.
What a idiotic control freakery induced waste of public and private money!
Another winning New Labour "idea"!
Rules forcing internet companies to keep details of every e-mail sent in the UK are a waste of money and an attack on civil liberties, critics say.
From March all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will by law have to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year.
The government will pay the ISPs more than £25m to ensure work runs smoothly.
The Home Office insists the data, which does not include e-mails' content, is vital for crime and terror inquiries.
Dr Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge's computer lab said the money could have been better spent.
He said:"There's going to be a record of every single e-mail which arrived addressed to you and all the e-mails you sent out via your ISP.
"That of course includes all the spam.
What a idiotic control freakery induced waste of public and private money!
Another winning New Labour "idea"!
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