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BBC.com 2017

Tracking terrorists online might invade your privacy

By Peter Ray Allison 9th August 2017 in BBC.com

The Investigatory Powers Act replaced parts of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and
expanded the surveillance powers to include all forms of communications. "It is legislating their existing powers so they could be regulated and there could be some oversight of what they are doing," says Monica Horten, a visiting fellow for the London School of Economics.

This record of online behaviour provides telling information of who the subject is and what they do. Repeated visits to the NHS website would indicate a person with medical concerns, whilst visiting a particular bank indicates where they keep their money. "The amount of data they are collecting is quite a lot and the picture they can build up using the metadata is quite significant," says Horten. "They can build up a picture of you and your lifestyle."

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Iptegrity.com is the website of Dr Monica Horten, independent policy advisor: online safety, technology and human rights. Advocating to protect the rights of the majority of law abiding citizens online. Independent expert on the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users.  Published author, and post-doctoral scholar, with a PhD from the University of Westminster, and a DipM from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.  Former telecoms journalist,  experienced panelist and Chair, cited in the media eg  BBC, iNews, Times, Guardian and Politico.