Police given automatic access to mobile phone records - web browsing next?

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Police given online access to phone records under RIPA - will this be extended to web browsing under the proposed Communications Data Bill?

Three of Britain's four mobile phone networks - EE, Vodafone and Three - are providing call records to police forces across the UK on request at the click of a mouse, according to a new investigati...

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