surveillance
Marconi picks up £7m UK motorway deal
News The network includes systems which operate emergency telephones and traffic surveillance cameras, as well as equipment at police motorway control centres. The UK Highways Agency has awarded two contracts worth a total of... [07 Apr 1999]
UK government abandons key escrow
News Virgo explained that plain text surveillance has already been adopted in France, and is the subject of serious research in the US. The UK government is expected to turn its back on key escrow when it launches its... [04 Mar 1999]
One quarter of IT professionals admit being software pirates
News IMIS is recommending that organisations set up a compulsory code of conduct for their employees, which covers issues ranging from electronic surveillance to the use of company's intellectual property in subsequent... [10 Feb 1999]
UK headmaster in trouble over data protection
News John Mann planned to link CCTV surveillance cameras to a Web site at Portsdown primary school, so that he could look out for vandals from the safety of his home. The headmaster of a UK primary school in Portsmouth who... [16 Oct 1998]
World Health Organisation plans global network
News What could be the world's best chance of creating a global network for public health surveillance is waiting in the wings at the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva. According to a World Health Organisation... [13 Jul 1998]