Govt unveils 'snooping' plans
The police and security services will be given new powers to track suspects through their use of emails and websites, the government proposed today.
'Snooping plans are the very definition of Big Brother'
The director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has told ITV News that the government's new proposal into tracking suspects through their use of emails and internet usage is "the very definition of Big Brother".
Nick Pickles argued that a government "supposedly committed to civil liberties" is proposing a "dangerous bill".
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