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Posts Tagged: Privacy

Trump, Parler, bias, free speech, incitement – and regulation. Beware of the cure being worse than the disease.

State action to regulate social media is unproblematic in principle, but deeply problematic in practice – and the law of unintended consequences applies.

By Paul Goodman | 12 January 2021 | 85 comments

Risking our security. Risking our alliances. Opening our infrastructure up to China is a risk too far.

There are no certainties – at least, until it’s too late – so the UK should err on the side of caution.

By Mark Wallace | 2 May 2019 | 108 comments

Rhodri Oliver: We need better protection in law from those who exploit our data

If it is copied, tracked or taken unlawfully, then its owners should be compensated, regardless of whether they can prove ‘damage’.

By Cllr Rhodri Oliver | 13 October 2018 | 8 comments

Daniel Stafford: The GDPR chaos is a reminder of how taking back control will allow us to make better laws

A well-intentioned but badly designed EU law is irritating consumers and making life far harder for charities and businesses. After Brexit we will be able to fix it.

By Daniel Stafford | 3 May 2018 | 104 comments

J P Floru: People only moan about the use of Facebook data when it is used by campaigns they dislike

If Hillary and Remain had won, using the same methods, would anyone at the Guardian or the BBC have cared a bean about Cambridge Analytica’s behaviour?

By JP Floru | 22 March 2018 | 117 comments

The mighty edifice of human rights rests on no coherent philosophy

Noel Malcolm warns that the European Court of Human Rights has become a threat to democracy.

By Andrew Gimson | 30 December 2017 | 36 comments

Whether Green did what is alleged or not, the behaviour of the police in his case is appalling

From the original raid through to the attempt by former officers to bring down a Government minister on moralising grounds, this is an unedifying picture.

By Mark Wallace | 1 December 2017 | 223 comments

Matthew Scott: Body-worn cameras are proving to be a useful policing tool

We should also be aware of any risks to privacy or individual freedom, but in Kent the technology is working well.

By Matthew Scott | 8 November 2017 | 4 comments

To find out why people value WhatsApp encryption, Rudd should talk to her own colleagues

The Home Office has somewhat improved its position, but still seems to think the will of a minister can overcome the laws of mathematics.

By Mark Wallace | 1 August 2017 | 106 comments

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The Prüm Convention on cross-border policing is too costly and risky to justify the supposed benefits

Tomorrow, MPs will be asked to opt back in to the agreement. But it is hard to see why we should.

By Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 7 December 2015 | 28 comments

Garvan Walshe: The Government’s new database of web visits will be a honeypot for Chinese hackers

It doesn’t take much of an imagination to see the opportunities the scheme offers to hostile powers.

By Garvan Walshe | 5 November 2015 | 8 comments

Mark Field MP: Judicial consent for surveillance should satisfy all but the most privacy-obsessed libertarians

A row over who should authorise investigatory powers hangs over the draft legislation the Government is set to publish.

By Mark Field MP | 3 November 2015 | 16 comments

WATCH: Big Brother Watch reveal thousands of council data breaches

Renate Samson of the civil liberties group discusses local authorities’ negligence with private information.

11 August 2015 | 5 comments

At last, a crackdown on cold calling – but the government should go further

It may suit the industry to assume that our time, peace and concentration has no value – but obviously it does.

By Peter Franklin | 8 April 2015 | 7 comments

Renate Samson: Big Brother Watch is five years old – what does the next five years hold for our privacy?

In a few years’ time, mobile phones and computers will seem old hat – and the threats to our liberties will be multiplied.

By Renate Samson | 2 February 2015 | 10 comments

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