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A little over half of those polled were okay with "Police and intelligence agencies [having] access to this information for anti-terrorism purposes". The YouGov
by zerebubuth 10y ago
A little over half of those polled were okay with "Police and intelligence agencies [having] access to this information for anti-terrorism purposes". The YouGov report also shows that there's much less trust in politicians and civil servants to "behave responsibly" with such data.
The Guardian article says that "[records] will be made available to a wide range of government bodies", which sounds like politicians and civil servants to me.
Given that the government doesn't have a great track record of proportionate use of these powers, I think this isn't the same as the question asked in the poll. (For example, at a local level http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3333366/Half-of-councils-use-anti-terror-laws-to-spy-on-bin-crimes.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3333366/Half-of-counc...)
[Edit: grammar and clarity.]
- ppod 10y agoYou're completely right. I would just point out that it's very close even when the question is explicitly phrased to specify politicians and civil servants (45 - 46%). It's likely that those with more trust in politicians are most more likely to be actual voters.