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Gov't denies mass surveillance tech
News The government's electronic eavesdropping agency has denied developing technology that will enable the mass surveillance of UK citizens' web communications. The GCHQ announcement came... [06 May 2009]
EC slams UK over BT trials uproar
News Under those rules, EU countries have to ensure the confidentiality of communications by prohibiting the interception and surveillance of such communications without the user's consent. These rules are there to protect... [14 Apr 2009]
Who's monitoring your email?
News Currently, covert surveillance, such as accessing the data retained under the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009, can be authorised in local authorities by junior executive officers. The details of... [06 Apr 2009]
'Fundamentally flawed, almost certainly illegal': Gov't databases
News The report said that this kind of mass surveillance is overly expensive and antithetical to principles of privacy, and pointed out that the idea had already been criticised by the information commissioner. [23 Mar 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary, Chris Huhne, said in a statement: "We are sleepwalking into a surveillance state and should remember that George Orwell's 1984 was a warning, not a blueprint. However, the... [10 Feb 2009]
UK is Big Brother capital of the world say Lords
News Citing instances where councils have spied on citizens when investigating littering, the report says that any victims of "unlawful surveillance" by a local authority should receive compensation and that... [06 Feb 2009]
Inbox: YouTube surveillance, skills gap, Naked speak
Comment Citizens are used to CCTV surveillance but a parliamentary group says that cameras are being turned on governments to keep them in line. Reverse surveillance - what a great idea. It is... [11 Aug 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk What possible justification can Manchester police have for keeping for five years the records of tens of thousands of innocent citizens going about their... [12 Jun 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News The EC is also looking at creating a European Border Surveillance System with the aim of preventing unauthorised border crossings, reducing the number of illegal immigrants dying at sea and reducing cross-border crime... [14 Feb 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Galileo
Cheat Sheet The European transport Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, has suggested the system could be used for border control, financial operations and surveillance of infrastructures. Despite the problems, EU research suggests... [28 Jan 2008]
Surveillance culture erodes personal privacy
News The Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance report acknowledges the benefits of these technologies but also raises issues - such as privacy and misuse of data - that need to be considered. The increasing amount of personal... [26 Mar 2007]
'Big Brother' listening for angry exchanges
News The sound system also means fewer people can monitor more cameras in surveillance centres, Vorst added. Smarter CCTV cameras have been given the ability to listen out for disturbances as well as keeping an eye on... [22 Nov 2006]
'Extreme Big Brother fears to become a reality'
News In a new report entitled A Surveillance Society, information commissioner Richard Thomas predicts a world in 2016 where technology is extensively and routinely used to track and record people's activities and movements. [01 Nov 2006]
RFID privacy law on the cards?
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding said Europeans needed assurance that radio tags would not be used for large-scale surveillance, and said she would consider legislation concerning RFID and privacy. [18 Oct 2006]
Compulsory ID cards for UK citizens within five years
News MPs also voted, by a majority of 51, in favour of making it compulsory for citizens to register their personal and biometric details on the National Identity Register when applying for or renewing "designated" documents... [14 Feb 2006]
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