Imagine if you could have your entire internet history laid out in front of you. It would be a pretty depressing insight into your most secret fears, desires and porn preferences, wouldn’t you agree?
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Well, thanks to the Investigatory Powers Bill, which was passed into law this week, internet providers are being forced into keeping a full list of internet connection records (ICRs) for a year in order to make them available to the Government if asked. This will include a list of every website that you have visited.
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ICRs will be accessible to a range of government bodies including law enforcement organisations such as the police and the secret services, as well as the Foods Standards Agency, the Gambling Commission, councils and Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust. The full list, which is laid out in Schedule 4 of the Bill, is below:
Metropolitan Police Service
City of London Police
Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
Police Service of Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
British Transport Police
Ministry of Defence Police
Royal Navy Police
Royal Military Police
Royal Air Force Police
Security Service
Secret Intelligence Service
GCHQ
Ministry of Defence
Department of Health
Home Office
Ministry of Justice
National Crime Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
Competition and Markets Authority
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland
Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
Financial Conduct Authority
Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Food Standards Agency
Food Standards Scotland
Gambling Commission
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Health and Safety Executive
Independent Police Complaints Commissioner
Information Commissioner
NHS Business Services Authority
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation
Office of Communications
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
Scottish Ambulance Service Board
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Serious Fraud Office
Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust
Holy shit. That’s a lot of people who are going to find out that you like BBW porn and scrolling through Sick Chirpse at work. I just hope that we don’t get to the point where our internet browsing history is going to be available to the general public. Now that would be embarrassing. Then again, I guess we’d all be in the same boat.
Our privacy is pretty much dead anyway. If you don’t believe me, read this.
