But at the same time, ministers are proposing senior judges will have unprecedented powers to block operations to intercept communications.
The plans would mean that firms are obliged to hold a schedule of which websites you visit and the apps you use on all devices from computers, smartphones and tablets. This data would then be utilised by police and other agencies in pursuit of criminals but also utilised in different ways, perhaps to track down missing people.
The data passed on would consist of the basic domain address but not a full browsing history of pages or searches within that site. So, for example the government could access data showing that you've visited johnlewis.com but wouldn't be able to see that you had viewed individual pages about cooking knives.
So what does everyone think about these plans?
Do you feel it's justifiable in trying to tackle terrorists threats or is it an intrusion on your privacy?
Posted: 2015-11-04 13:56:00