The Queen gave her approval to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 on Tuesday morning. No reigning British monarch has rejected a piece of legislation since 1707. The legislation requires network operators to store a year’s worth of communication data. Only the sites visited are stored, not the exact pages, and that only provides a certain degree of privacy. Only police officers of the rank of inspector or above can approve access to the data, but that’s almost an entry-level post for applicants with a degree.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3145669/uks-internet-surveillance-law-receives-royal-approval.html