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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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On British “success” in Iraq
By David Morrison | “Tony Blair, I’m afraid, would never accept that our foreign policy actually had any impact...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Government may renew data sharing plans
Speaking at a conference in London organised by the Information Commissioner’s Office, he emphasised the need for...
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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...




