Th following outfits will soon be able t0 checkout your browsing history over the past year, because Parliament just passed the Investigatory Powers Bill. Tim Berners-Lee who invented the Internet tweeted, ‘Dark, dark days.’ Officers won’t need any warrant t0 search the data.

Your web history for a year is stored, known as ‘internet connection records,’ these are a list of websites each person has visited and the apps and messaging services they used, though not the individual pages visited or the messages they sent.

  • Metropolitan police force

  • City of London police force

  • 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

Security, y’know, can’t take any chances.

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