#RSS Feed for Terrorism in the UK articles - Telegraph.co.uk [p?c1=2&c2=6035736&cv=2.0&cj=1] Accessibility links * Skip to article * Skip to navigation [telegraph_print_190.gif] Telegraph.co.uk ___________________ Submit Search - enhanced by OpenText Friday 22 January 2016 * Home * Video * News * World * Sport * Finance * Comment * Culture * Travel * Life * Women * Fashion * Luxury * Tech * Cars * Film * TV * Politics * Investigations * Obits * Education * Science * Earth * Weather * Health * Royal * Celebrity * Defence * Scotland Advertisement 1. Home>> 2. News>> 3. UK News>> 4. Terrorism in the UK Surveillance laws revamp has faced a rocky road The Investigatory Powers Bill, to be published on Wednesday, has been seven years in the making Online threat: hacking has become more commonplace. Surveillance laws overhaul has been years in the making and may still face tough opposition Photo: PHOTOLIBRARY.COM Tom Whitehead By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor 12:01AM GMT 04 Nov 2015 The revamp of Britain's spy laws and capabilities has endured a long and rocky road spanning three Governments. Concerns from the spy agencies and police that their coverage of suspects online was deteriorating first came to the fore under the last Labour Government in 2008. It was argued that modern communications were across many platforms which outdated regulations did not cover and data was not being retained. Initial moves to address the gaps first emerged in Whitehall as the Interception Modernisation Programme. It sparked immediate outrage as it was to involve the storage of every phone call, email and website visit on a huge national database. It was quickly nicknamed the "snooper's charter" and by 2009, the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith indicated there would be no database but instead a compulsion on service providers to store their customer data. The proposals face fierce opposition and did not make it in to draft legislation under the Gordon Brown Government. The issue was revived under the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government which took power in 2010 again with the intention that the internet companies themselves would retain the data. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, had hoped to introduce the measures in a Draft Communications Bill during the 2012/13 parliamentary session, with the powers being enacted by 2014. IFRAME: http://renderer.qmerce.com/interaction/563663d260dcf0427c44b371 However, Lib Dem leader and then deputy prime minister Nick Clegg withdrew his support of the measures and his party blocked all attempts to bring the proposals forward during the 2010/15 parliament. The revelations of spying techniques by former CIA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013 and claims of mass surveillance intensified that opposition. Following the Conservative victory in the 2015 General Election, Mrs May vowed to bring the measures forward again but only after a major review of surveillance capabilities and safeguards by the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, David Anderson QC. His comprehensive 370-page report heavily influenced Government thinking and the Investigatory Powers Bill to be unveiled on Wednesday is not much broader than just the snooper's charter but an overhaul of all laws and regulations surrounding surveillance. Whether the measures fare any better in the face of already growing opposition remains to be seen. 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