ISPs Unhappy with Data Proposals

ISPs Unhappy with Data Proposals

Internet Service Providers (ISP) have strongly objected to a government plan to force them to collect and organise communications data. In a response to a government consultation on the issue seen by the Financial Times the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) expressed "serious concerns about the operational burden the proposals would place on IT companies."
A paper written by LSE academics earlier this year says that forcing ISPs to collect and organise the information at a time when they are already under pressure to continue rollout of super fast IT connectivity to parts of the population is unrealistic.Police chiefs have told government that they need information in an organised form to be able to use it properly.