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Communications Capabilities Development Programme

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The Communications Capabilities Development Programme is a ubiquitous surveillance scheme under developement by the British government.[1] It involves the logging of every telephone call, email and text message between every inhabitant of the UK.[2]

It derives from the former Labour government's Interception Modernization Programme.[2]

  1. ^ Steve McCaskill (February 20, 2012). "UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email". TechWeek Europe.
  2. ^ a b Stewart Mitchell (February 20, 2012). "Anger over mass web surveillance plans". PC Pro.