Privacy security

Now BBC iPlayer police 'may spy on your net use' to punish people who watch on-demand programmes without a TV licence 

The BBC could spy on home internet use to enforce new rules designed to punish those who watch on-demand programmes online without a TV licence, experts have warned.

The overhaul of the ‘iPlayer loophole’ means that from tomorrow viewers will need to pay the £145.50 licence fee to catch up on programmes using their mobile devices and laptops.

But fears have been raised that the secretive techniques used by the BBC to police the new system could be a breach of privacy.