Is the proposed Communications Data Bill a step too far for the British way of life? Timothy Pitt-Payne reports
On 15 July this year, the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, published his annual report. At the launch of the report he commented on the Government’s proposed Communications Data Bill. Referring to media suggestions that the Bill would make provision for a massive government database holding details of everyone’s telephone and internet communications, he stated that any such proposal would be “a step too far for the British way of life”.
