Many of the powers in the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill may be incompatible with the UK’s obligations under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

We call on the House of Lords to support our recommendations to protect privacy. Find out more in our joint briefing.

#privacy #surveillance #investigatorypowers #ukpolitics

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-briefing-on-the-investigatory-powers-amendment-bill/

Under the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, tech companies could be forced to inform the UK government of improvements to security or privacy measures, even if they're based overseas. This is so a notice could be served to prevent such changes.

Private companies will effectively become arms of the surveillance state, which will erode the security of devices and the Internet.

#privacy #surveillance #investigatorypowers #ukpolitics

The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill:

🔴 Weakens safeguards when intelligence services collect bulk datasets of personal information, potentially allowing them to harvest millions of facial images and social media data.

🔴 Expressly permits the harvesting and processing of internet connection records for generalised, massive surveillance.

🔴 Expands the range of politicians who can authorise the surveillance of parliamentarians.

#privacy #surveillance #investigatorypowers #ukpolitics

The UK government plans have nothing to do with protecting our security. It's about allowing State intrusion into the lives of UK residents.

After the #OnlineSafetyBill and the #DPDIBill, it's another display of ignorance and bad faith by a government that's unfit to regulate the digital space.

#InvestigatoryPowers #e2ee #privacy #security #ukpolitics

People and businesses need quick roll outs of security updates and end-to-end encryption for safety.

Meanwhile criminals and authoritarian governments want to exploit vulnerabilities for nefarious purposes.

The UK government is taking a side in hindering important security measures that isn't in the public interest.

#InvestigatoryPowers #e2ee #privacy #security #ukpolitics