Tories call for more freedom for snoopers: “ Police nose bunged up with red tape The Tory Party is calling for less restriction of police snooping because current laws are ‘placing a disproportionate burden’ on…
Snoop more, share less – Home Office spurns EU advice: “ Databases not safe, says database-loving gov Government responses to two outwardly unrelated bits of EU policy go a long way to explain what it…
UK.gov dishes out £19m for comms snoop data silos: “ Rising cash outlay opens telco doors for plod, spooks The UK government has given communications providers almost £19m in the last four years under anti-terror…
It’s official: The Home Office is listening: “ And will officially ignore anything you say The last week has seen the appearance of two carefully-modulated Yes Minister-style statements, defending the government’s approach to data and…
Downloading illegally? Look out, they’re watching you: “It is easier for the authorities to find out if you – or your children – have been illegally downloading music than you think. When Virgin Media started…
UK comms intercepts up by half – and it isn’t the council: “ Wristslap for town halls’ street watchers, however The latest reports from government surveillance watchdogs reveals that interception of communications by UK officials…
‘Spying’ requests exceed 500,000: “More than 500,000 official ‘spying’ requests for private communications data were made last year, a report says.” (Via BBC News.)
Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2007: “Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2007 No 0947 2007–08, 22 July 2008: Available as a Full Text (PDF) file. Published by The Stationery…
Annual report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner to the Prime Minister and to Scottish Ministers for 2007-2008: “Annual report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner to the Prime Minister and to Scottish Ministers for 2007-2008 No…
A surveillance society?: “A surveillance society?: the Government reply to the fifth report from the Home Affairs Committee session 2007-08 HC 58 Cm 7449, 22 July 2008: Available as a Full Text (PDF) file. Published…