Data storage shake-up 'Orwellian'

Plans to gather and record millions of pieces of information about everyone's internet and telephone habits have been condemned as "Orwellian".

Measures to allow government agencies access to records of emails sent, websites visited and phone calls made amount to an "exponential increase in the powers of the state", it was claimed.

Police and the security services say terrorists and organised crime gangs are becoming more and more sophisticated in the way they use new technology to evade detection. They fear that without changes to how the government monitors communications data (CD), their ability to break up terror plots and gather evidence for criminal prosecutions could be undermined.

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