This is a petition to have the Investigatory Powers Bill decommissioned.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

"This Act sets out the extent to which certain investigatory powers may be used to interfere with privacy."
There is a difference between targeted surveillance and blanket mass surveillance.
When you collect everything, you see nothing.

The Investigatory Powers Bill has passed the third reading in the House of Lords and will be passed into law by the end of the year...
http://www.computerworlduk.com/security/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-what-you-need-know-3629116/

Everyone leaves a digital footprint. Any thing you have ever posted, sent, searched for and more is being collected by the UK government.
https://www.gchq.gov.uk/news-article/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-introduced-parliament

This needs to stop.
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Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Repeal the new Surveillance laws (Investigatory Powers Act)

Timeline

12 Nov 2016	Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Nov 2016

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