Terror laws should be used even more to snoop on the public, councils have been urged.They have been told to 'make much more use' of rules originally brought in to catch bombers, to secretly access private phone bills and e-mails.
Local authorities have already come under fire for using the powers to investigate dog fouling, littering and parents thought to live outside school catchment areas.
Under the 2004 laws, councils can also apply to use covert tactics to 'spy' on employees who are believed to be skipping work or making fraudulent overtime claims.
The latest call, by 'Interception of Communications Commissioner' Sir Paul Kennedy, comes despite the number of spying requests from councils, police and other officials to phone and internet companies jumping from 350,000 in 2006 to more than 500,000 last year
And i didnt even know we had an 'Interception of Communications Commissioner', Did you?
But i do now! And i know who he is. Watch This Space!
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