Home Office denies prototype intercept database
Blog As part of the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), the government has been considering whether to propose a centralised database to store the traffic details of all communications of all UK citizens.
[April 7, 2009, 17:34]
Experts: Gov't web-monitoring plan is unworkable
News The Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) calls for internet service providers to record the traffic details of all web communications. Not only are a multiplicity of web protocols used by different companies, Sommer said, but those protocols...
[June 18, 2009, 12:34]
Soca puts a clamp on cybercrime
News The agency plans to work closely with the Home Office on future improvements under the Interception Modernisation Programme. The interception of telephone calls and communications data continues to play a role in all significant operations...
[May 15, 2009, 11:45]
Gov't may track all UK Facebook traffic
News I look forward to his support when we present Intercept Modernisation Programme proposals, which may include requiring the retention of data on Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and all other similar sites. The Intercept Modernisation Programme (IMP) is a...
[March 18, 2009, 13:25]
Lords opposition to comms database mounts
News Under the proposed Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), internet service providers (ISPs) would be required to link 'black boxes' to their servers to record all internet traffic, including details of emails, VoIP telephone conversations...
[July 21, 2008, 15:04]
Critics attack 'dangerous' gov't comms-snooping plan
News Under the proposed Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), internet service providers (ISPs) would be required to link 'black boxes' to their servers to record all internet traffic, including details of emails, VoIP telephone conversations...
[July 15, 2008, 17:30]
Gov't web monitoring plans unworkable, warns Linx
News The London Internet Exchange (Linx), which counts ISPs among its 330-plus internet partners, on Tuesday severely criticised the government's plans, known as the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP).
[August 4, 2009, 15:55]
Gov't stands firm on web-monitoring plans
News As part of its interception modernisation programme (IMP), the government wants CSPs to store details of all web communications, including those originating on social-networking sites such as Facebook; in gaming and virtual reality environments...
[November 10, 2009, 15:16]
Home Office data loss included drug records
News However, the firm was still the department's top earning consultancy last year, receiving £24.5m in 2008-09 for its work on the National Identity Scheme and the Interception Modernisation Programme, according to recently released figures.
[August 27, 2009, 8:46]
Lords questions gov't over web-data retention laws
News The Earl of Northesk also questioned the aims of the government's plans, known as the Interception Modernisation Programme, to retain communications data in a government-controlled, centralised database.
[July 1, 2008, 16:06]
This story has been updated
Talkback The government is considering proposing logging which websites users have visited, as part of the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP). Many thanks to Arjan van Bentem for querying whether ISPs must retain websites visited.
[April 8, 2009, 15:36]
Home Office defends comms-surveillance plans
News These added that GCHQ, the government's surveillance body, has been granted £1bn to build a pilot of this database under the Interception Modernisation Programme. The Home Office has said ministers have not yet decided how to retain data on all...
[October 9, 2008, 15:27]
Gov't: Comms database has to happen
News Smith was thought to be referring to plans proposed under the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP), which are believed to include proposals to siphon details of internet traffic from ISPs and store it in a central government database for at...
[October 16, 2008, 0:01]
UK gets its own official Pirate Party
News Surveillance by government agencies, including the proposed Interception Modernisation Programme, must be made as transparent as possible, according to the Pirate Party UK. The Pirate Party UK, which is dedicated to technology and copyright-law...
[August 13, 2009, 15:59]
Government web-monitoring plans on hold
Blog The Home Office told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the plans, called both the Interception Modernisation Programme [IMP] and Mastering the Internet, would very likely not be put into law until after the next general election in May 2010.
[November 18, 2009, 16:39]
Facebook attacks gov't web-monitoring plans
News Coaker said the government was considering retaining traffic data for all instant messaging and communications on social-networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo, as part of its Intercept Modernisation Programme (IMP).
[March 24, 2009, 13:51]
