2006/07:63), generally referred to the "FRA law" (), proposed changes in the defence intelligence act, the electronic communications act, the secrecy act of 1980 (SFS 1980:100), and the creation of an all new law regulating SIGINT. These changes would have allowed the FRA to monitor both wireless and cable bound signals passing the Swedish border without a court order, while also introducing several provisions designed to protect the privacy of individuals, according to the original proposal. The law's proponents argued for the need to give FRA new guidelines and a modernised legal framework, in order to regulate Internet surveillance and to combat threats to national security more effectively, such as terrorism and serious transnational crime; while opponents to the law claimed it enabled mass surveillance and violated privacy rights. The Riksdag passed the bill on June 18, 2008, after a heated debate amid public protests, and it went into effect January 1, 2009. Criticised for being too far-reaching, in an attempt to address the privacy concerns raised during the parliamentary procedure, the Government soon thereafter proposed an amendment to the law (Prop. 2008/09:201), to strengthen protection of privacy by making court orders a requirement, and imposing several limits on the intelligence-gathering. The amendment passed the Riksdag October 14, 2009, and went into effect December 1, 2009 (SFS 2008:717). Current legal framework According to the law (SFS 2008:717), SIGINT is only permitted in order to assess: external military threats to the country, conditions for Swedish participation in peace support operations and international humanitarian efforts or any threat to the security of national interests in the implementation of such efforts, strategic matters regarding international terrorism or other serious transnational crime that could threaten important national interests, development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, military equipment and items referred to in the law on the control of dual-use items and technical assistance, serious external threats to the public infrastructure, conflicts abroad with ramifications for international security, foreign intelligence operations against national interests, or a foreign powers actions or intentions of vital importance to Swedish foreign policy or security and defence policy. The FRA is not allowed to initialize any surveillance on their own, and only gets access to communication lines as decided by The Defence Intelligence Court. Communications service providers are legally required, under confidentiality, to transfer cable communications crossing Swedish borders to specific "interaction points", where data may be accessed after