{"id":113543,"date":"2009-12-27T11:55:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2009\/12\/27\/telecom-firms%e2%80%99-fury-at-plan-for-%e2%80%98stasi%e2%80%99-checks-on-every-phone-call-and-email.html"},"modified":"2009-12-27T11:55:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T16:55:51","slug":"telecom-firms%e2%80%99-fury-at-plan-for-%e2%80%98stasi%e2%80%99-checks-on-every-phone-call-and-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/113543","title":{"rendered":"Telecom firms\u2019 fury at plan for \u2018Stasi\u2019 checks on every phone call and email"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Petre & Tom Harper<\/p>\n

UK Daily Mail<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, Dec 27th, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

Telecoms firms have accused the Government of acting
like the East German Stasi over plans to force them to store the
details of every phone call for at least a year.<\/p>\n

Under the proposals, the details of every email sent and website
visited will also be recorded to help the police and security services
fight crime and terrorism.<\/p>\n

But mobile phone companies have attacked the plans as a massive
assault on privacy and warned it could be the first step towards a
centralised \u2018Big Brother\u2019 database.<\/p>\n

They have also told the Home Office that the scheme is deeply flawed.<\/p>\n

The criticism of Britain\u2019s growing \u2018surveillance
culture\u2019 was made in a series of responses to an official
consultation on the plans, which have been obtained by The Mail on
Sunday.<\/p>\n

T-Mobile said in its submission that it was a \u2018particularly
sensitive\u2019 time as many people were commemorating the 20th
anniversary of the protests that led to the collapse of
\u2018surveillance states in Eastern Europe\u2019.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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