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Category Archives: surveillance
Beware the Snoopers’ Charter Rising from the Grave…
The Communications Data Bill – the Snoopers’ Charter – is dead, so Nick Clegg has assured us. I hope he’s right – but we need to be very careful not only that it is dead, but that it is safely … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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Snoopers’ Charter RIP?
This morning, live on air, Nick Clegg effectively said that the Communications Data Bill, the Snoopers’ Charter, was dead. I hope he’s right – and if he is, those campaigning against the bill, including pressure groups Big Brother Watch, the … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Privacy International, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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The Snoopers’ Charter – what’s happening?
Rumours persist that the Government is going to try to sneak the Communications Data Bill into the Queen’s Speech. There are so many reasons this is a bad thing it’s hard to know where to begin. I’ve posted about it … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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The Snoopers’ Charter: we need a new consultation
The Communications Data Bill – more commonly (and fairly accurately) known as the ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ is due to re-emerge at any moment. We have been expecting it for some time – and yet have seen nothing official, and there has … Continue reading
Internet Surveillance: a despot’s dream…
Imagine you’ve just been appointed the head of the online secret police for an oppressive dictatorship. Your leader comes to you with a worried expression. The internet bothers him, he tells you. People get to say whatever they want, to … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Privacy International, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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Big Brother is watching you…. and so are his corporate partners
Privacy advocates are spoilt for choice these days about what to complain about – privacy invasions by business, or privacy invasions by the authorities? Over the last year or so, I’ve written regularly about both – whether it be my … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Privacy International, Profiling, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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Fanciful and misleading…
The Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill produced its report today – (available here) and it’s a devastating piece of work, ripping the bill, and process through which it was drafted, to shreds. As tweeter @EinsteinsAttic put it, … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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Turning the tables…
————————————————————————– Imagine you’ve just been appointed the head of the online secret police for an oppressive dictatorship. Your leader comes to you with a worried expression. The internet bothers him, he tells you. People get to say whatever they want, … Continue reading
My snoopers’ charter posts…
With Theresa May now trying to scare us into accepting the snoopers charter, I realised quite how much I’ve written about the subject since it raised its ugly head earlier this year. Here are links to some of my main … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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The politics of privacy…
The news that the Lib Dems are apparently ready to ‘ditch’ the Communications Data Bill – the Snoopers Charter – will come as welcome news to privacy advocates and other supporters of civil liberties. As with too many things ‘Lib … Continue reading
Posted in Nick Clegg, Politics, Privacy, Privacy International, Snoopers charter, surveillance
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