• Anonymous Surfing – No Chance in the UK

  

  May 14, 2010 11:26

  If anyone had any vague ideas that what they do online is private then the recently released figures from Google should dispel...

   

• Police failed to process DNA samples linked to violent crimes

  

  May 14, 2010 9:53

  Press Association A London police force failed to submit DNA samples, including those linked to violent crime, rape and...

   

• 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...

   

• 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,...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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,...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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,...

   

• 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...

   

• On British “success” in Iraq

  By David Morrison | “Tony Blair, I’m afraid, would never accept that our foreign policy actually had any impact...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• 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...

   

• Government may renew data sharing plans

  Speaking at a conference in London organised by the Information Commissioner’s Office, he emphasised the need for...

   

• 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...