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Originally Posted by AlexanderHanff

This actually isn't new and is the result of European Law way back from 2004/2005. The difference is the ISP are only permitted to log the url's you visit not the content. It also covers email headers (not content).

So even the government "snooping" party is less invasive than Phorm and even though the data is retained the police still need a warrant to access it. The changes to RIPA mentioned in the article re: cell phones last October is the very reason I cancelled my contract phone of 8 years. I have recently rejoined the cell phone crowd though, but this time I am on an unregistered SIM and will remain so. Good for me (saves me a fortune in contract fees and protects my privacy) bad for the mobile provider (they lose my guaranteed income each month).

Alexander Hanff

Alexander, are you saying then they can only get this information via an order from the court, not the usual RIPA requests they can make to an ISP?