This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition The UK Government should not have the right to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK
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It is proposed that internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time. This is not acceptable in a free democratic society. I ask this of the "if you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to fear" brigade:
"Do you share your private life - what goes on behind your curtains, the contents of your credit card bill, bank account or your love letters - with others freely? No, of course not, even though you do nothing wrong, you STILL cherish the right to privacy.
I call on the Government to abandon this policy.
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