David Leppard writes in the Sunday Times about Charles Farr, who he described as ‘the Home Office’s top “securocrat”‘: It’s no secret in Whitehall that the grandiosely titled communications capabilities development programme was Farr’s “policy baby”. In fact, it was a rehash of an earlier attempt by Farr in 2009 to persuade the then Labour [...]
Mark Ward reports for the BBC: Government proposals to extend powers to watch what people do online would create a “nation of suspects”, said MP David Davis. The former shadow home secretary said the government should be restricting surveillance, not trying to extend it. Powers granted to police that let them see personal data without [...]
Ian Katz writes in The Guardian: The government’s controversial plans to allow intelligence agencies to monitor the internet use and digital communications of every person in the UK suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when the inventor of the world wide web warned that the measures were dangerous and should be dropped. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, [...]
Pulse reports: The Summary Care Record is barely being used in out-of-hours care, with official figures showing that in areas where records have been uploaded, they are accessed for less than 1% of calls. The latest set of Department of Health statistics show there are just 1,800 views of care records each week, even though [...]
Public Servant reports: State surveillance plans, which have been labelled as a ‘snoopers’ charter’, are disproportionate, breach principles and go against what was promised in the coalition agreement, Liberal Democrat peer Paddy Ashdown has warned. Lord Ashdown, a former Lib Dem leader, said his party recognised the need for government to intercept private communications when [...]
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