“Privacy campaigners in the UK say British police are granted access to private phone and email records of people almost every two minutes. This was released under the freedom of information laws requested by ‘Big Brother Watch’ which found more than 730,000 requests for communication data between 2012 and 2014 across the UK.”
“...
critics of the proposals for the new investigatory power bills say
citizens are already being bombarded with surveillance and
insufficient transparency about whose information is being accessed,
the cases involved and the reasoning behind which request approval is
concerning.”
“Responding
to the report, a Home Office spokesman said: 'It is absolutely vital
that our police and security services are able to obtain
communications data in certain, limited circumstances, to protect the
public and ensure national security. This information helps to
disrupt terrorist plots, smash criminal networks and keep us safe,
and it is a government priority to ensure our legislation is updated
to deal with changing threats and evolving technologies.'”
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... over the decades, Western
societies began to get used to the idea that interceptions is a
common practice of governments. After the attacks of September 11
of 2001, things changed very quickly. Western societies are
"trained" not to be shocked by cases of interceptions.
Within the Western neo-rationalism, is included the necessity of
interceptions for security reasons.
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