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The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill would introduce a new requirement for an independent body to review all requests to search for and retain confidential journalistic material from bulk hacking data.
The government will update Investigatory Powers Act IPA) to require secret intelligence agencies to seek independent approval before accessing confidential journalistic material obtained by bulk hacking, but journalists remain vulnerable to other bulk surveillance powers.
Updated legislation will remove the current requirement for NCA and intelligence services to provide details of a named individual or a specific time of connection in order to access records
Proposed changes to surveillance laws are set to widen authorities’ access to the internet records of