UK Parliament home

This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament

View other petitions from this Parliament

Closed Do not allow the Draft Communications Bill (AKA the Snooper's Charter) to pass.

Closed on

The Draft Communications Data Bill, better known as the Snooper's Charter, will effectively grant the government the legal powers to ban unauthorised encrypted communication (if a backdoor is not provided) and effectively giving intelligence agencies a free pass to invade the privacy of UK citizens.

163 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Petition progress

View all updates for this petition, with the most recent first.

  • Petition closed

  • Petition published

    This petition can now be signed.

    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 28 January 2016.