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To be, or not to be, blocked, that is the question 14 Aug 2013 | 01:50 pm
In the latest development of over-zealous internet filtering, the British Library has blocked access to Shakespeare’s Hamlet because of its “violent content”. The block was discovered by author Mark ...
Bin snooping? We’ve been here before 13 Aug 2013 | 04:52 pm
A guest post by former Big Brother Watch director, Alex Deane. Longstanding BBW supporters may remember that I was once Director of this parish. For the past two years, I’ve been a Common Councilman ...
New CCTV Code of Practice comes into force 12 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
Today a new Code of Practice on the use of CCTV comes into force, to sit alongside the new position of Surveillance Camera Commissioner. The code is a step in the right direction towards bringing pro...
Won’t someone think of the students…? 7 Aug 2013 | 03:46 pm
For privacy campaigners, the issue of big data has been a cause for some time, with a growing trend of governments, businesses and other institutions gathering increasing amounts of data which is then...
Are we at risk of a ‘see no evil, hear no evil’ snooping culture emerging? 6 Aug 2013 | 04:07 pm
Our report on private investigators, published earlier this year, highlighted the growing use of the industry by public authorities, with particular concern being raised about the occasions that they ...
Government announces plans to regulate private investigators 1 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
The Home Secretary yesterday confirmed plans to regulate private investigators, including a new penalty for working as an unlicensed private investigator or supplying unlicensed investigators of a fin...
Social media and the law 31 Jul 2013 | 02:37 pm
In light of recent debate about Twitter and trolling, the US State Department issued a rather timely statement: “We believe that when public speech is deemed offensive, be it via social media or any ...
The RPSCA will PNC you now 30 Jul 2013 | 09:43 pm
Over the last few years we have highlighted various privacy concerns about a range of government databases, from the National DNA Database to the DVLA database. Our report in 2011 found how nearly 1,0...
SOCA and the blue-chip private investigators 29 Jul 2013 | 05:22 pm
Earlier in the year we published a report on the growing use of private investigators by local and public authorities, warning that they were being used without RIPA authorisation. Now the Serious Org...
Police use of ANPR in Royston ruled illegal 24 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm
Today the Information Commissioner has ruled on a joint complaint from Big Brother Watch, No CCTV and Privacy International, concerning the use of automatic number plate recognition technology in Roys...
