“Police surveillance tactics were dealt a blow by appeal judges today with a ruling that photographs taken of peaceful protesters campaigning against the arms trade must be destroyed.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Organisations should not hand over employees’ personal details to private investigators except in very limited circumstances, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“As a young boy, Euan Blair’s famous parents did their utmost to protect him from the intrusive gaze of the British media, eliciting a series of agreements from newspapers in an attempt to ensure the former prime minister’s young family were kept out of the limelight.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New measures to maintain the capability of public authorities to obtain access to communications data were announced by the Home Secretary today.”
Home Office, 27th April 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Plans to track all e-mails sent, all phone calls made and all internet pages visited in the UK are to be unveiled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
BBC News, 27th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former chief of the defence staff has warned that the ‘creeping irreversible curtailment’ of civil liberties in the name of national security is ‘playing the game by terrorists’ rules’.
The Guardian, 24th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Google Street View, the controversial website that shows 360-degree street views of many of Britain’s cities does not breach the Data Protection Act, the information commissioner ruled today.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European commission yesterday called for the UK’s privacy laws to be tightened to protect internet surfers as it launched legal proceedings against the government for breaching data protection and so-called ePrivacy rules.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK laws protecting the privacy of people’s communications are inadequate, the European Commission has said. The Commission has launched a legal case against the UK over its implementation of European Union Directives.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Street View, the controversial service from Google that broadcasts 360-degree views of homes and roads in many of Britain’s cities via the internet, is not a threat to personal privacy, the information commissioner has ruled. ”
The Guardian, 14th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Do we really need yet another poorly drafted statute from a government obsessed with passing new laws?”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There is a danger that the media will abandon expensive investigations and litigation and move on to other, easier stories.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The voyeur in me has been fascinated with Google’s controversial mapping service Street View. Now we are able to peer over people’s front gardens from the comfort of our computers but the lawyer in me wonders whether the many complaints of breach of privacy that have already been made will lead to legal action against it.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A report finds almost a quarter of major databases are illegal. Is the data storage disproportionate?”
The Times, 27th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users’ contacts.”
BBC News, 25th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rules governing children’s safety in independent schools and academies should be ‘comprehensively overhauled’, a government advisor said today.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Privacy International has lodged the complaint with the Information Commissioner over claims that a number of people are identifiable through the Street View service.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection and rights laws, according to a report published today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A privacy campaigner will launch a legal challenge to Google’s Street View service, which was launched today. Simon Davies of Privacy International says that he will pursue ‘a test case’ against Google.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The information commissioner has said pubs with no history of trouble should not be forced to install CCTV cameras.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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