UK Government Drops Plans For Web, Phone and Email Monitoring

Offering a bit of relief to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the UK government has announced that it has abandoned the proposed plan to create a centralised database comprising records of all UK telephone calls, emails and web traffic.   Home Secretary Jacqui Smith eventually decided to drop the controversial plan amid widespread disagreement over it. Instead, telecom companies and ISPs will be directed to keep their users’ telephone and web activity...