Customer web history will  be kept on file for one year

The Conservative Party can now implement policies, unpopular with civil rights groups, such as the Draft Communications Data Bill, previously rejected by the coalition.  The Bill will force internet service providers and mobile networks to retain customer data for at least 12 months.  This would include records on browsing activity, social media, email, voice calls, internet gaming and messaging services.

Following the Queens speech on 27^th May 2015 the Investigatory Powers Bill  will be as follows;

“New legislation will modernise the law on communications data.” The purpose of this legislation is to:

• Provide the police and intelligence agencies with the tools to keep you and your family safe.

• Address ongoing capability gaps that are severely degrading the ability of law enforcement and intelligence agencies ability to combat terrorism and other serious crime.

• Maintain the ability of our intelligence agencies and law enforcement to target the on-line communications of terrorists, paedophiles and other serious criminals.

• Modernise our law in these areas and ensure it is fit for purpose.

• Provide for appropriate oversight and safeguard arrangements. The main benefits of these clauses would be:

• Better equipping law enforcement and intelligence agencies to meet their key operational requirements, and addressing the gap in these agencies’ ability to build intelligence and evidence where subjects of interest, suspects and vulnerable people have communicated on-line.

• Maintain the ability of our intelligence agencies to target the on-line communications of terrorists, and other relevant capabilities.

• Provide for appropriate oversight arrangements and safeguards.

• This will respond to issues raised in the independent review by the Independent Reviewer of Counter-Terrorism legislation, which is due to be published shortly. The main elements of the clauses are:

• The legislation covers all investigatory powers including communications data, where the Government has long maintained that the gap in capabilities are putting lives at risk. 27 May 2015 

• The legislation will enable the continuation of the targeting of terrorist communications and other capabilities. 

THE SPY IN YOUR HAND

You might not realise it but your iPhone has been watching and recording exactly where you've been and how long you spent there.  Are you where you should be!!

It's weird, fascinating and just a little bit scary to realise that your iPhone contains a perfect record of where you've been in the last month or so.  That includes the exact time you arrived and left anywhere;  your office, a bar, the shopping centre, even the beach!!

Apple say the data is collected "in order to learn places that are significant to you" and improve traffic routing services.  The company says the data is stored locally on your iPhone and will not be accessed elsewhere or shared with anyone else.

Now if you would rather use your memory and photos to record where you've been, here's how to switch off this spy;

 In System Services scroll all the way down to the bottom, press 'Frequent Locations' and look at the 'History' section.  Click on one of the area names to see where you've been - you may be surprised!

Watch out for those Tattoos says Apple

Apple has warned customers with tattoos around their wrists, they may experience performance issues when using its newly released Watch due to the ink blocking its sensors.

The manufacturer has received a number of complaints surrounding the heart rate sensor on the device, since it went on sale in April.

Apple confirmed in a statement there are numerous factors which can affect the Watch's ability to detect a heart beat, including temperature, motion and changes to skin colour - such as tattoos.

The heart rate sensor on the smart watch uses technology known as 'photoplethysmography' to detect the amount of blood flowing through a users wrist by reflecting light off the skin.  Apple said;  "Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance.  "The ink, pattern, and saturation of some tattoos can block light from the sensor, making it difficult to get reliable readings".