After TalkTalk, should government re-think storing citizens' internet records?

On Wednesday 4 November, the government published a draft of its Investigatory Powers Bill.

Amongst the many controversial measures announced in the bill were plans to require web and phone companies to store records of websites visited by every citizen for 12 months for access by police, security services and other public bodies (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/04/investigatory-powers-bill-the-key-points).

The publication of the bill comes just weeks after the TalkTalk hack (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34717572), which was simply the latest in a long line of high profile losses of personal information.

In light of the hack and the likelihood of similar data losses in the future, should the government re-think its plans to require companies to store even more sensitive information about us?

Come along to our meetup at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 11 November at Birmingham Open Media (http://www.bom.org.uk/) to have your say and find out more about what the Investigatory Powers Bill means for your human rights.

You can follow the latest developments on the Investigatory Powers Bill by visiting the Open Rights Group (https://www.openrightsgroup.org/) website and following ORG on Twitter @OpenRightsGroup (https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup) and @OpenRightsBrum (https://twitter.com/OpenRightsBrum)