Martin Philips writes in The Sun: Thousands of DNA profiles could soon be erased from the police database – despite officers using it to solve countless serious crimes. A judgement by the European Court of Human Rights ruled that it was illegal for the Government to keep the DNA details of those arrested – but [...]
George Taylor writes on the Internet Evolution web site about the the Interception Modernisation Programme: The coalition parties now in charge denounced the Surveillance Society set up by the previous government in their election pledges, and they purportedly abandoned the proposed programme of total Internet traffic capture. But they have quietly revived it. They have, [...]
Nick Freeman writes in the Manchester Evening News: How many millions of hard earned tax payers’ money will be spent trying to catch Jo Yeates’s killer? Hopefully nowhere near as many as the millions that were squandered in apprehending the wrong man in the Rachel Nickell murder case, before the real killer was finally caught [...]
Kenneth Roy writes in the Scottish Review: In the FAQs on the Young Scot website, there is the following exchange: Is this the start of a national ID scheme for Scotland? No. It’s completely voluntary. This is no longer true. At Breadalbane Academy in Aberfeldy, and we believe at other schools in Perth and Kinross, [...]
David Millward writes in the Daily Telegraph: Motor insurers could be given access to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency records, Mike Penning, the road safety minister, has told MPs. Appearing before the Transport Select Committee, Mr Penning said the Government was looking at giving insurers greater access to motorists’ driving record. Because of data protection [...]
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