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French web law allows spying on ISPs, individuals
News Civil rights activists have heavily criticised a proposed security bill in France giving the state unprecedented levels of control over the internet.
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How serious are Tories with database rollback promises?
News Eleanor Laing MP outlined her party’s proposals on databases to a room of industry experts today but held back from offering a guarantee on the actions for straight after the election.
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How many CCTV cameras are out there?
News There is split opinion on the use of CCTV across the UK, but it seems those in charge have no idea exactly how many cameras are actually in use.
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Government confirms post-election plans to track public
News New government legislation to force telecoms companies and ISPs to keep records of all personal communication for a year will be held off until the after next general election in the face of strong opposition.
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Government looks to tighten RIPA
News The Home Office wants to stop so many 'trivial' uses of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
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Pirate Party looks to change copyright, surveillance
News The Pirate Party hopes to make Labour and the Conservatives listen to copyright and other digital issues.
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Need to Know: RIPA
News Half a million people were snooped on last year, all using the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. But what is it?
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Big Brother goes digital with IP CCTV
News Half of city councils have upgraded their CCTV to an IP network.
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Cyber policing and surveillance in Britain today
In-depth Key issues on Britain’s treatment of e-crime and the surveillance of its people were high on the agenda at London’s recent Infosecurity show.
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Is Britain turning into a police state?
News A leading technology figure has warned that government policy is leading Britain down a slippery slope to a ‘police state’.
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Passports could take place of ID cards, says Blunkett
News MP and former home secretary David Blunkett tells Infosecurity 2009 that biometric passports could take the place of ID cards.
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Government looks to ISPs as it cuts comms database plan
News The Home Office no longer wants to store all the data in a single place.
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