> The court of appeal ruling on Tuesday said the powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014, which paved the way for the snooper’s charter l

> The court of appeal ruling on Tuesday said the powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014, which paved the way for the snooper’s charter legislation, did not restrict the accessing of confidential personal phone and web browsing records to investigations of serious crime, and allowed police and other public bodies to authorise their own access without adequate oversight. This was such a massive power grab by the authoritarians like Theresa May and David Cameron and they were so transparent about it. Of course such powers should never be allowed in any democrat. But they thought they'd get away with it anyway, because "people don't care about privacy". But this is going to end up badly for UK citizens if they're allowed to operate mass surveillance at a policeman's or taxman's level.