UK: NEW SURVEILLANCE BILL
04 November 2015
See the full text:
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (299 pages, pdf) and Home Secretary:
Statement (link)
Interception of communications and equipment interference: draft codes of practice (link) including Equipment interference: draft code of practice - showing the limits to the protection of journalistic confidential information.
These documents (26) are related to the draft Investigatory Powers Bill (link) including
Factsheet – Targeted Interception (pdf)
"Only nine agencies can apply for an interception warrant. These include the Security and Intelligence Agencies, five Law Enforcement Agencies and the armed forces... ." and
"the Bill will include a requirement for the Prime Minister to be consulted before the Secretary of State can decide to issue a warrant to intercept an MP’s communications"
and
"Remote access":
Factsheet – Targeted Equipment Interference (pdf):
"Equipment interference (EI), sometimes referred to as computer network exploitation, is the power to obtain a variety of data from equipment. This includes traditional computers or computer-like devices such as tablets, smart phones, cables, wires and static storage devices. EI can be carried out either remotely or by physically interacting with equipment." snd
"More sophisticated EI operations may involve remotely installing a piece of software on to a device. The software could be delivered in a number of ways and then be used to obtain the necessary intelligence."
HM government transparency report on the use of disruptive and investigatory powers (link)
Counter-Terrorism website with links to all documents (link)
And see:
Report of the Investigatory Powers Review (pdf, June 2015, link) and
Annexes (pdf link)
Also:
Here Are The Spying Powers UK Authorities Will Have If Theresa May’s New Law Passes (Buzzfeeed, link):
"Police, armed forces, and intelligence agencies now explicitly have powers to hack and modify computer systems, both individually and “in bulk”" and:
Snowden surveillance revelations drive UK and US policy in opposite directions. (Guardian, link):
"Draft bill would enhance British government’s surveillance powers as US works to limit NSA data collection following whistleblower’s call for debate"