Just days after the California legal system made his conservatorship over Britney Spears’ affairs permanent, pop Jamie Spears is pulling no punches when it comes to keeping unsavory characters away from his famous daughter.

After Jamie caught Britney secretly texting a former flame, the tough as nails dad “confiscated” the pop star’s cell phone and deleted her list of contacts.

“Brit has zero freedom,” an insider explains in the January 19 issue of Star.