The UK ’s Science and Technology Committee has said that government plans to force internet service providers to store everyone ’s internet activity are vague and confusing . Under the draft Investigatory Powers Bill , the police and security services would have access to the names of sites that a user had visited over the course of a year without needing a warrant . The Committee however argues that these requirements are vague and warns that the situation might lead to a rise in hacking . The government has already tried to address this , arguing that the security forces will not have access to the individual sites visited , just the domain names . Internet service providers have however warned that separating out this data might not be possible . When she announced the draft bill last year, Theresa May stressed that the authorities would not be able to see individual web pages visited, just basic data, such as domain names like bbc.co.uk or facebook.com. The Committee ’s chairperson , Nicola Blackwood , commented : “ The bill was intended to provide clarity to the industry , but the current draft contains very broad and ambiguous definitions of internet connection records ( ICRs ) , which are confusing communications providers . ” The Home Office has said that it will study the comments .
The UK ’s Science and Technology Committee has said that government plans to force internet service providers to store everyone ’s internet activity are vague and confusing . Under the draft Investigatory Powers Bill , the police and security services would have access to the names of sites that a user had visited over the course of a year without needing a warrant . The Committee however argues that these requirements are vague and warns that the situation might lead to a rise in hacking . The government has already tried to address this , arguing that the security forces will not have access to the individual sites visited , just the domain names . Internet service providers have however warned that separating out this data might not be possible . The Committee ’s chairperson , Nicola Blackwood , commented : “ The bill was intended to provide clarity to the industry , but the current draft contains very broad and ambiguous definitions of internet connection records ( ICRs ) , which are confusing communications providers . ” The Home Office has said that it will study the comments .