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The Coalition’s Programme for Government contains a great deal that is of interest to information lawyers: see here. But when and how will any of this be given legislative effect? The Queen’s Speech...
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Surveillance of the covert and digital variety has been dominating the news of late. The legal contours of the practices leaked by Edward Snowden (the NSA’s obtaining of internet metadata) and covered...
View ArticleCCTV Pixel Panic
The use of CCTV cameras by local authorities has long been a controversial subject. Civil liberties groups regard the proliferation of such cameras as an unjustified infringement of the right to...
View ArticleCCTV In the Dock
A Home Office funded review on the effectiveness of CCTV cameras in the fight against crime has found that it has only a ‘modest impact on crime’. The review, undertaken by the Campbell Collaboration...
View ArticleFROM BIG BROTHER SOCIETY TO BRAVE NEW WORLD?
The Conservative/Lib Dem coalition agreements are available here. Under the heading “Civil Liberties” there are a number of points that should interest readers of this blog. These include: * the...
View ArticleWATCH THIS SPACE
The Coalition’s Programme for Government contains a great deal that is of interest to information lawyers: see here. But when and how will any of this be given legislative effect? The Queen’s Speech...
View ArticleLocal authorities and NHS Trusts (2): unusual appeals ahead
I blogged earlier (see below) about the sorts of information law issues that arise routinely for local authorities and NHS Trusts. On a more unusual note, it is worth noting that the First-Tier...
View ArticleImportant developments in surveillance law: RIPA and CCTV
Important changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 come into force from 1 November 2012, thanks to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012, passed last...
View ArticleNew CCTV Code of Practice: surveillance and the protection of freedoms
Surveillance of the covert and digital variety has been dominating the news of late. The legal contours of the practices leaked by Edward Snowden (the NSA’s obtaining of internet metadata) and covered...
View ArticleCCTV Pixel Panic
The use of CCTV cameras by local authorities has long been a controversial subject. Civil liberties groups regard the proliferation of such cameras as an unjustified infringement of the right to...
View ArticleCCTV In the Dock
A Home Office funded review on the effectiveness of CCTV cameras in the fight against crime has found that it has only a ‘modest impact on crime’. The review, undertaken by the Campbell Collaboration...
View ArticleFROM BIG BROTHER SOCIETY TO BRAVE NEW WORLD?
The Conservative/Lib Dem coalition agreements are available here. Under the heading “Civil Liberties” there are a number of points that should interest readers of this blog. These include: * the...
View ArticleWATCH THIS SPACE
The Coalition’s Programme for Government contains a great deal that is of interest to information lawyers: see here. But when and how will any of this be given legislative effect? The Queen’s Speech...
View ArticleLocal authorities and NHS Trusts (2): unusual appeals ahead
I blogged earlier (see below) about the sorts of information law issues that arise routinely for local authorities and NHS Trusts. On a more unusual note, it is worth noting that the First-Tier...
View ArticleImportant developments in surveillance law: RIPA and CCTV
Important changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 come into force from 1 November 2012, thanks to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012, passed last...
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