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November 28, 2016 10:00 am

48 Organizations Now Have Access To Every Brit's Browsing Hstory

schwit1 quotes a report from Zero Hedge on Great Britain's newly-enacted "snoopers' charter":For those who missed our original reports, here is the new law in a nutshell: it requires telecom companies to keep records of all users' web activity for a year, creating databases of personal information that the firms worry could be vulnerable to leaks and hackers. Civil liberties groups say the law establishes mass surveillance of British citizens, following innocent internet users from the office to the living room and the bedroom. They are right. Which government agencies have access to the internet history of any British citizen? Here is the answer courtesy of blogger Chris Yuo, who has compiled the list Click through to the comments to read the entire list.

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