Rajeev Syal writes in The Guardian: Tax officials used intrusive investigative powers meant to catch serious criminals to try to prove that a whistleblower who uncovered a “sweetheart” deal with Goldman Sachs had spoken to the Guardian, it has emerged. The belongings, emails, internet search records and phone calls of the HM Revenue and Customs [...]
Jim Killock writes on the Open Rights Group web site: The Home Office often framed the debate over the Snoopers’ Charter in ‘them and us’ terms. But if this really does just come down to picking sides, it is odd that both of the Parliamentary committees tasked with examining the draft Bill – the Joint [...]
Kelly Fiveash writes in The Register: Dame Fiona Caldicott, who is scrutinising the government’s plan to hand NHS patient records to private companies, today gave the proposals the thumbs-up – with a few caveats, naturally. The noted psychiatrist’s review [PDF] of the data-sharing scheme was published just minutes ago. Her report, drafted in March, follows [...]
Kelly Fiveash writes for The Register: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has strongly rejected Home Office plans to massively ramp up surveillance of Brits’ internet activity in a very public rebuttal of Theresa May’s proposals this morning. “The ‘Snooper’s Charter’ isn’t going to happen – the idea that there would be a record kept of [...]
Sara Kelly writes in the Daily Telegraph: The plan, which is set to cost £1.8 billion, would require any internet based company who is ordered to by the Home Office, to develop a system where all data on their customers is collected, stored in a standardised format, and potentially available via automated access where the [...]
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