Interception Modernisation Programme

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Data_Retention_Directive/QEQjWlLT">Data Retention Directive</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_Kingdom/qCthsNz8">Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/National_Identity_Register/EFPXCEj8">National Identity Register</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000/B4YdTQHJ">Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Intercept_Modernisation">Intercept Modernisation</a> at the Open Rights Group wiki</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Spy chiefs plot £12bn IT spree for comms überdatabase". The Register. 7 October 2008. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/07/detica_interception_modernisation/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/07/detica_interception_modernisation/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Wright, Joss. "The government's proposal for data communications surveillance will be invasive and costly with minimal effectiveness". British Politics and Policy at LSE. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Leppard, David (5 October 2008). "There's no hiding place as spy HQ plans to see all". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100106082625/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882622.ece" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100106082625/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882622.ece</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Concern over giant database idea". BBC News. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008. The government's terror watchdog has expressed concern about proposals for a giant database to store details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7671046.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7671046.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Giant database plan 'Orwellian'". BBC News. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008. Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said: "The government's Orwellian plans for a vast database of our private communications are deeply worrying." "I hope that this consultation is not just a sham exercise to soft-soap an unsuspecting public." <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7671046.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7671046.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Home Office denies prototype intercept database <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/home-office-denies-prototype-intercept-database/" target="_blank">https://www.zdnet.com/article/home-office-denies-prototype-intercept-database/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Dunt, Ian (27 April 2009). "Home Office rules out telephone surveillance database". politics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110527184144/http://www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/home-office-rules-out-telephone-surveillance-database-$1291053.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110527184144/http://www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/home-office-rules-out-telephone-surveillance-database-$1291053.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"UK.gov to spend £2bn on ISP tracking". The Register. 27 April 2009. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/imp_consultation/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/imp_consultation/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"LSE IMP Briefing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052858/http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/research/policyEngagement/IMP_Briefing.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052858/http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/research/policyEngagement/IMP_Briefing.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>APPG IMP Hearing Agenda 1 July 2009[permanent dead link] <a href="http://privacyappg.org.uk/Documents/imp_enquiry_agenda.pdf" target="_blank">http://privacyappg.org.uk/Documents/imp_enquiry_agenda.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>A u-turn on reversing the surveillance state <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/10/programme-intercept-government" target="_blank">http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/10/programme-intercept-government</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:12"><p>"Strategic Defence and Security Review" (Press release). Department for International Development. Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/Strategic-Defence-and-Security-Review/" target="_blank">http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/Strategic-Defence-and-Security-Review/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:13"><p>Mitchell, Stewart (20 February 2012). "Anger over mass web surveillance plans". PC Pro. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141218075303/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/372985/anger-over-mass-web-surveillance-plans" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141218075303/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/372985/anger-over-mass-web-surveillance-plans</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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