Big Brother Watch

Australians Able To Watch British CCTV In 'Pointless And Perverted' Move

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.01.2013 | UK

Australians are now able to view CCTV footage in UK stores in a move slammed as "pointless and perverted." Cornwall-based website Internet Eyes of...

Tracking Car Chases And Riots With A Drone The Size Of A Hobby Aircraft

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK

Police drones could be used for car chases, tracking hidden suspects, monitoring riots or protests or traffic violations - but UK airspace is so crowd...

Drones Could Patrol UK Skies, Says Police Minister

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK

Police minister Damian Green has backed the use of controversial unmanned drones to patrol the UK's skies, to monitor criminal activity and provide ai...

More Than 200 Schools Using CCTV Cameras In Toilets Or Changing Rooms

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

More than 200 schools are using CCTV cameras in toilets or changing rooms, figures showed on Wednesday. A total of 825 cameras were located in the ...

How Much Does Your Council Spend On CCTV?

PA | Posted 21.02.2012 | UK

Councils spent more than £500 million installing and operating CCTV cameras over the last four years, campaigners said today. Birmingham City and ...

Councils Commit 'Thousands' Of Personal Data Breaches, Say Civil Liberties Group

Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK

Councils have admitted to officially losing "hundreds" of people's personal data, with thousands more of children's details thought to have been "comp...

Council Plans To Record All Conversations In Taxis

PA | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK

Plans to record all conversations in taxis licensed by a city council are a "staggering invasion of privacy" which show a "total disregard for civil l...

Labour's Scaremongering Sideshow Lets the Coalition Off the Hook

Nick Pickles | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Politics
Nick Pickles

The Protection of Freedoms Bill does a great deal to begin the move away from the authoritarian excesses of recent years. It does not, however, represent the end of indefinite retention of innocent people's DNA.