Three government agencies including the DWP and the HMRC could now access your internet history as ISPs in the United Kingdom will be forced to keep a full record of websites Britons have visited for one year. Upon request of one of these three agencies (or all of them) they will scrutinise your information and probably perform a complete information "scrub" to analyse your behaviour.
The passing of the Investigatory Powers Bill -- heavily backed by UK Prime Minister Theresa May then during her Home Secretary heydays and now-PM days -- will allow not just these three organisations but eventually law enforcement organisations including the police, military and the secret service. The Independent listsall the government agencies that can access your personal information.
Technology firms heavily opposed to the passing of the bill mention the use of VPNs or Virtual Private Networks. The government can shut down local VPNs but due to the nature of internet services being multi-national, offshore VPN companies providing the same IP masking and history deletion the government is powerless.
VPN history deletion would allow ISPs to report the absence of internet activity from a specific household. While the UK government can use contingencies against such individuals or organisations, the government mentioned as of yet.
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