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| Emergency phone and internet data storage law to be brought in | Emergency phone and internet data storage law to be brought in |
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| Emergency legislation will be brought in next week to force phone and internet companies to log records of customer calls, texts and internet use. | Emergency legislation will be brought in next week to force phone and internet companies to log records of customer calls, texts and internet use. |
| Ministers say it is necessary so police and security services can access the data they need after a legal ruling which declared existing powers invalid. | Ministers say it is necessary so police and security services can access the data they need after a legal ruling which declared existing powers invalid. |
| The proposed law has the backing of Labour and the coalition parties. | The proposed law has the backing of Labour and the coalition parties. |
| A special cabinet is being held to agree the planned laws, which will only last until 2016. | A special cabinet is being held to agree the planned laws, which will only last until 2016. |
| Prime Minister David Cameron and his Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell a special cabinet meeting on Thursday that emergency legislation is necessary to keep the country safe. | Prime Minister David Cameron and his Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell a special cabinet meeting on Thursday that emergency legislation is necessary to keep the country safe. |
| A recent ruling of the European Court of Justice has removed the obligation on telecoms companies to retain records of when and who their customers have called, texted and emailed. | A recent ruling of the European Court of Justice has removed the obligation on telecoms companies to retain records of when and who their customers have called, texted and emailed. |
| Without a new law Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg will claim that that information could be destroyed within weeks by companies fearing legal challenges. | Without a new law Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg will claim that that information could be destroyed within weeks by companies fearing legal challenges. |
| Labour is backing emergency legislation after all-party talks agreed that this law would enshrine existing rights and not be used to extend them by re-introducing the so-called "snoopers charter". | Labour is backing emergency legislation after all-party talks agreed that this law would enshrine existing rights and not be used to extend them by re-introducing the so-called "snoopers charter". |
| It will also bring in so-called safeguards including: | It will also bring in so-called safeguards including: |
| Critics will no doubt argue that the time for that debate is now. To pass any new law in just a week is rare. So too is it to have the backing of all three main parties even before it is published. | Critics will no doubt argue that the time for that debate is now. To pass any new law in just a week is rare. So too is it to have the backing of all three main parties even before it is published. |
| On a subject as sensitive as giving the police and security services access to phone and internet data this is bound to be controversial. | On a subject as sensitive as giving the police and security services access to phone and internet data this is bound to be controversial. |
| Update 08:45 BST: The emergency legislation will oblige telecom firms to retain data for 12 months. Under the European law which it replaces companies could be asked to retain data for 24 months. | Update 08:45 BST: The emergency legislation will oblige telecom firms to retain data for 12 months. Under the European law which it replaces companies could be asked to retain data for 24 months. |
| More controversially the new law will also produce what is being described as a "clearer legal framework" to allow access to the content of calls, texts and emails after a warrant is signed by a senior government minister. Telecoms companies are said to have warned ministers that after the Edward Snowden revelations they are vulnerable to legal challenge by their customers. | |
| The Labour MP Tom Watson has condemned the plans as a "stitch up" which prevent MPs from considering the legislation properly. | The Labour MP Tom Watson has condemned the plans as a "stitch up" which prevent MPs from considering the legislation properly. |