Google centralises privacy control: (Guardian) With the new Google Dashboard, the personal data and product settings of different Google products are combined on one side to make it simpler for users to deal with them….
Police log ‘domestic extremists’: Thousands of activists monitored on network of overlapping databases Police are gathering the personal details of thousands of activists who attend political meetings and protests, and storing their data on a…
More than 5 million people now on DNA database: “ Still growing despite court ruling The estimated number of people whose DNA profile is stored by the government has broken the five million mark for…
DEFRA loses tapes – and plot: “ Situation normal – usual staggering government incompetence It has been revealed that the UK’s Rural Payments Agency (RPA) lost tapes five months ago which contained the payment details…
COURT OF APPEAL JUDGMENT ON POLICE DATABASE: “ On 19 October 2009, the Court of Appeal, in Chief Constable of Humberside Police v Information Commissioner (2009) EWCA Civ 1079, allowed police appeals against a decision…
Police make a mockery of data protection: “ Court judgment ‘forgets privacy rights of millions’ Comment While the police are very keen to retain as much data on the average citizen as they can ‘just…
Police can keep convictions database, says Court of Appeal: “Police forces can keep a record of spent convictions on a single central database without breaking data protection laws, the Court of Appeals has said. Police…
Euro project to arrest us for what they think we will do: “ ‘Positively chilling’ says Liberty Radical Think Tank Open Europe has this week exposed a study by the EU that could lead to…
UK – Tories pledge to end the database state (ZDNet) The Conservative Party has promised to reduce government databases and introduce stronger measures to protect people’s privacy, if it wins the next general election. The…
ISPs scorn government net snoop plan: “ ‘Disingenuous’ Home Office slapped again The government’s plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet have come under fire again, this time from the ISPs it wants to…