Remember last year when the UK loudly rejected an attempt by the government to create a „Snooper‘s Charter“ that would give the government much more power to sniff through everyone‘s private data? This was the law David Cameron insisted was needed based on crime dramas he watches on TV (how do these people get elected?).

You may also recall that, earlier this year, the European Court of Justice found that the EU‘s Data Retention Directive was invalid as a breach of „the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data.“ Just a few weeks ago, we noted that the UK government had told telcos to ignore that ruling and to carry on retaining people‘s data. It appears that telcos told the UK government to pound sand, and David Cameron and his friends are now using that as an opportunity to rush through a version of the Snooper‘s Charter, requiring internet companies to retain data.