UK set for ‘snooper’s charter’ powers

British home secretary Theresa May is expected to announce plans to give security services powers to view web browsing history of everyone in the country.

Police have lobbied the government for the power to view the browsing history of every computer user in Britain ahead of the publication of legislation on regulating surveillance powers.

Officers want to revive the measures similar to those of the so-called snooper’s charter which would force telecom companies to retain for 12 months data that would disclose websites visited by customers.