The proposal would allow the UK government to query, without a court order, logs of who talked to whom and when. They would have to apply for a court order to

The proposal would allow the UK government to query, without a court order, logs of who talked to whom and when. They would have to apply for a court order to see the content. It would compel UK based startups to keep a log of all this data, which of course costs time an money, reducing the UK's competitiveness.