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The Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) is a UK government initiative to extend the government's capabilities for lawful interception and storage of communications data.cite-ref-1[1] It would involve the logging of every telephone call, email and text message between every inhabitant of the UK,cite-ref-mitchell-2012-02-20-2-0[2]cite-ref-david-barrett-3-0[3] (but would not record the actual content of these emails)cite-ref-david-barrett-3-1[3] and is intended to extend beyond the realms of conventional telecommunications media to log communications within social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.cite-ref-espiner-2012-02-20-4-0[4]

It is an initiative of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office, whose Director is Tom Hurd. The office pursued a very similar initiative under the last Labour government, called the Interception Modernisation Programme,cite-ref-mitchell-2012-02-20-2-1[2]cite-ref-5[5] which after apparently being cancelled, was revived by the Liberal-Conservative coalition government in their 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.cite-ref-6[6]

The effort to develop it will be led by a new government organisation, the Communications Capabilities Directorate.cite-ref-7[7]cite-ref-espiner-2012-02-20-4-1[4] In March 2010, it was reported that the Communications Capabilities Directorate had spent over £14m in a single month on set-up costs.cite-ref-8[8]

• See also

• References

• External links

• Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001#Part 11 (Retention of communications data)

• Communications Data Bill 2008

• Data retention

• Internet censorship in the United Kingdom

• Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom

• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

• Telecommunications data retention#United Kingdom

cite-note-11. ↑ citerefsteve-mccaskill2012Steve McCaskill (20 February 2012). "UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email". TechWeek Europe.

cite-note-mitchell-2012-02-20-22. ↑ citerefstewart-mitchell2012Stewart Mitchell (20 February 2012). "Anger over mass web surveillance plans". PC Pro. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

cite-note-david-barrett-33. ↑ citerefdavid-barrett2012David Barrett (18 February 2012). "Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan". Daily Telegraph.

cite-note-espiner-2012-02-20-44. ↑ citereftom-espiner2012Tom Espiner (20 February 2012). "ISPs kept in dark about UK's plans to intercept Twitter". ZDNet.

cite-note-55. ↑ citerefjohn-oates2011John Oates (13 July 2011). "Coalition renames GCHQ internet spook-tech plans". The Register.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefalan-deane2010Alan Deane (20 October 2010). "A U-turn on reversing the surveillance state". New Statesman.

cite-note-77. ↑ citereftom-espiner2010Tom Espiner (29 January 2010). "Home Office presses ahead with web interception". ZDNet.

cite-note-88. ↑ citereftom-espiner2010Tom Espiner (5 March 2010). "Web intercept group has spent £14m since January". ZDNet.

• Home Office page on the CCDP

• Open Rights Group page on the CCDP