Before revision: The Home Office denied reports that a prototype of the IMP had already been built.Home Office denies prototype intercept database Reports in April 2009 suggested that the government had changed its public stance to one of using legal measures to compel communications providers to store the data themselves, and making it available for government to access; then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith stated that "there are absolutely no plans for a single central store."
After revision: Despite this, the Home Office denied reports that a prototype of the IMP had already been built.Home Office denies prototype intercept database Reports in April 2009 suggested that the government had changed its public stance to one of using legal measures to compel communications providers to store the data themselves, and making it available for government to access; then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith stated that "there are absolutely no plans for a single central store."