Britain: Communications Data Bill Authorises Collection of Information from the Outside of Physical Mail

Britain: Communications Data Bill Authorises Collection of Information from the Outside of Physical Mail

June 18th, 2012

Via: BBC:

The Home Office says it has no current plans to force the Royal Mail to store data on all letters and postcards passing through its system.

The provision is included in the government’s draft communications data bill, published this week.

But the Home Office said the bill would just maintain existing powers relating to postal data.

And it stressed that only data about mail – not its contents – would be retained if the law was ever enacted.

Under the draft bill, the Royal Mail and other postal services could be asked to retain “anything written on the outside” of items for up to 12 months so they can be accessed by the police, security services and HM Revenue and Customs.

But a Home Office spokesman said only information relating to the “communications data of mail — who sent the letter to whom, when it was sent and the origin and destination” would, potentially, be stored.

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