The government's apparent u-turn on the "snooping" central communications database is no such thing, privacy campaigners say.rnHome secretary Jacqui Smith announced on Monday that the government is dropping its proposal for a central database on which all our internet, phone, instant messaging and social networking communications would be stored.rnIt is instead proposing that internet service providers (ISPs) store all the data, as well as keeping and processing data from third-party service providers, like Facebook and Twitter.rnPrivacy campaigners have been left scratching their heads, trying to work out how the new proposals are any better.rnMichael Parker, a spokesman for No2ID, says, "What is dressed up as a u-tum is no u-turn at all. Despite appearing to say the contrary, the government is ploughing on with what will be the most intrusive surveillance state in history."
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