What the Investigatory Powers Act means for you
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With the passing of the Investigatory Powers Act, previously secret illegal surveillance practice revealed by Edward Snowden will now be entrenched in law, alongside new powers not used in any Western democracy. Below are some of the key ways the IPA might affect you.
Your Internet history can be logged
Every website you visit, the fact of every communication you make, and every mobile app that connects to the Internet can now be logged, recorded and made accessible to the Government.
Logs of your Internet activity, dubbed “Internet Connection Records” by the Investigatory Powers Bill doesn’t already exist, and companies will be forced to spy on their customers to create the records from scratch. They are imprecisely defined, and different companies will be forced to apply the vague standards in different ways. With everything from your fridge to your car being connected online, the scope of this power, and the number of records created about your life will only grow.
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