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Anonymous Surfing – No Chance in the UK
If anyone had any vague ideas that what they do online is private then the recently released figures from Google should dispel that myth. Google has released figures based on the following – “Requests
Read More »Police failed to process DNA samples linked to violent crimes
Press Association A London police force failed to submit DNA samples, including those linked to violent crime, rape and a murder, to the national database, a report published today has revealed. The joint investigation
Read More »William Hague represents Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in Washington
Foreign secretary William Hague will represent the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in the US today as he makes his first foreign trip since the coalition was agreed. Mr Hague, a former Tory leader and
Read More »Take Back Parliament campaigners to rally in London again
Fair votes and reform campaigners will be rallying in London’s Trafalgar Square and across the country again this Saturday, aiming to Take Back Parliament (http://www.takebackparliament.com/hope) for the people. The protest for a proportional voting
Read More »David Miliband is first candidate to declare himself in Labour leadership race
By Rosa Prince The battle will be between four young former Cabinet colleagues and one outsider – Jon Cruddas, a Left-wing backbencher. Mr Miliband’s younger brother Ed, 40, is expected to announce his candidacy
Read More »Probation Officers Attitude Conficts With Government Policy
By John Deering This paper reveals that the attitude of recently recruited probation officers conflicts with the Government’s view of probation as ‘punishment in the community,’ with a focus on protecting the public. The
Read More »Council Rejects ID Card Scheme
COUNCIL leaders in Sheffield said they will not allow the city to take part in trials of the Government’s identity card system after Manchester signed up for a pilot project. Sheffield Council leaders will
Read More »Watchdog wants police to limit CCTV demand on pubs
Tough new government guidelines are to be demanded to stop police making unfair requests to pubs and clubs around the use of CCTV. Privacy watchdog The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to make the
Read More »Google Street View causes another stir
The roving eye of Google’s Street View camera has been out and about in Cheltenham, UK. Residents spotted the van in the area this week, capturing images for the website’s extensive mapping programme. The
Read More »Who’s Watching You?
By Anthony Hildebrand | A new BBC series looks at surveillance in the UK. It’s something the industry could learn from, says I4S editor Anthony Hildebrand. Last Monday the BBC broadcast the first in
Read More »Lost Military Disks Had Personal Information
LONDON – AN INTERNAL military memo published on Monday confirmed that computer disks lost at a British Royal Air Force base contained sensitive files on the private lives of senior officers, including answers to
Read More »Victims Families: 7/7 investigation a “whitewash”
Families of victims of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London have denounced a parliamentary investigation into the events as a “whitewash”. They accuse Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), which issued a report
Read More »10 Things You Might Not Know About ID Cards
The government issued a little-reported document this month on ID cards. It was quietly published when the home secretary Jacqui Smith announced that some volunteer members of the public in Greater Manchester would
Read More »Court limits police surveillance powers
By Dominic Casciani | The Court of Appeal has limited police powers to keep pictures of protesters in case they go on to break the law. Judges said police had been wrong to retain
Read More »Privacy: British Government Refuses To Investigate Phorm
By Tom Espiner | The Prime Minister’s Office has rebuffed a public call for a government investigation into Phorm, saying that the independent Information Commissioner’s Office is responsible for ensuring that the behavioural ad-serving
Read More »Pointless ID Card project has no flicking point
By John Oates | The Home Office has confirmed there is still no timetable for the rollout of ID card readers, without which carrying out effective ID checks is impossible. So even though the government
Read More »On British “success” in Iraq
By David Morrison | “Tony Blair, I’m afraid, would never accept that our foreign policy actually had any impact on radicalization. …That’s clearly rubbish.” (Lord West) Lieutenant-General John Cooper used to occupy a small
Read More »BNP councillor ‘made up murders’
A senior BNP member on the Greater London Assembly faces possible suspension after he admitted fabricating murders in a London borough amid a media frenzy over knife crime in the capital. Richard Barnbrook, GLA
Read More »G20 protestors consider legal action
A group of G20 protestors claiming to have been the victims of overly aggressive police tactics are considering taking legal action against the Metropolitan police, reports suggest. Legal representatives for a group of climate
Read More »Soldiers protected by human rights laws
British troops are protected by human rights laws even while fighting overseas, according to a landmark judgment Monday centred on a soldier who died of heatstroke in Iraq. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said
Read More »Street CCTV has little effect on crime
The Guardian | The use of closed-circuit television in city and town centres and public housing estates does not have a significant effect on crime, according to Home Office-funded research to be distributed to
Read More »TSSI raises concern over ID card scheme
Identity specialist TSSI has branded the new government-led ID card scheme to launch in Manchester as premature. In a speech made today, (covered in the BBC article ‘Manchester launch for ID cards’) Home Secretary
Read More »British Government claims it wants to extend Freedom of Information Act
By Warwick Ashford | The UK’s Freedom of Information Act is to be extended beyond public sector bodies, it emerged at a conference hosted by the Information Commissioner’s Office in London yesterday. The government
Read More »Government may renew data sharing plans
Speaking at a conference in London organised by the Information Commissioner’s Office, he emphasised the need for a new consultation on the appropriate limits of data sharing. This follows the government’s retreat from its
Read More »Digital Big Brother with IP CCTV
Half of city councils have moved their CCTV to IP systems, letting more real-time applications be used by police and other government agencies. According to numbers obtained by network firm Telindus via a Freedom
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