Archive for July, 2004

Big Brother frowns on Vodafone and the Home Office

Posted at Monday, July 5th, 2004 by phil

ZDNet reports this year’s nominations for Privacy International’s Big Brother awards, the scourge of those who violate civil liberties in the UK.
Unsurprisingly,
The early favourite to win the award for Worst Public Servant is Margaret Hodge MP, Minister of State for Children, for “her patronage of the controversial tracking provisions in the Children Bill, and [...]

Rise in police searches of Asians

Posted at Friday, July 2nd, 2004 by phil

BBC NEWS reports that the number of people from Asian backgrounds stopped and searched by police has increased by 300% since the Terrorism Act 2000 came into force, according to 2002/2003 Home Office figures for England and Wales.
Despite government assurances that ID cards will not be made compulsory to carry (yet), the existence of compulsory [...]

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