Second draft of £1.8bn Communications Data Bill is delayed until end of March
Sooraj Shah writes in Computing:
The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens’ online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month.
Gary Hough, a member of the Internet Services Providers Association (ISPA) Council, told Computing that although the next draft was due to be published at the end of February, the government had told ISPs in a meeting this week that it would instead be published at the end of March.
Government officials did not state why the delay had occurred, aside from assuring ISPs including Sky, BT and Virgin Media that many issues that were raised by MPs and ISPs would be addressed.
