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DVLA data powers likely to be abused by foreign officials • The RegisterPersonal data belonging to nearly 40 million UK motorists is likely to be abused by foreign officials under new automatic access powers, according to a restricted report. Drivers' details such as name, address, motoring convictions and some medical information will be available to more than two ...
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U.K. cops arrest people ‘just for the DNA’ - Europe- msnbc.comLONDON - Britain has built the world's biggest DNA database without proper political debate and police routinely arrest people just to get their DNA profiles onto the system, the genetics watchdog said in a report on Tuesday. The Human Genetics Commission, which advises the government on the ...
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British cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry - Boing BoingBritish cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry Britain's cops have the largest DNA database in the world, and it's full of innocent people who were arrested but not charged, or charged but not convicted (the EU's Court of Human Rights have ordered this ...
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BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws - Boing BoingA source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I've ever seen. Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now under debate in Parliament. These changes will ...
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BPS RESEARCH DIGEST: CCTV cameras don't reassure, they frightenCCTV cameras don't reassure, they frighten People are no more fearful of crossing a street with a young male skinhead in it than they are a street with a smartly dressed woman present, unless, that is, a CCTV camera is overhead. The new finding appears to undermine one of the key ...
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CCTV schemes in city and town centres have little effect on crime, says report | UK news | The GuardianCCTV schemes in city and town centres have little effect on crime, says report Criminologists' research shows surveillance cameras are 'at their most effective' in cutting vehicle crime in car parks The use of closed-circuit television in city and town centres and public housing estates ...
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CIPP Guide » Google Street View again faulted for invading privacy, this time in SwitzerlandAnother EU data protection commissioner has determined Google is not sufficiently protecting their citizens’ privacy. Google introduced their Street View system last week in Switzerland and, according to the Swiss Data Protection Commissioner Hanspeter Thür, the pictures do not sufficiently ...
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Enterprise App Developers Use Insecure Data - InternetNews.comEnterprise App Developers Use Insecure Data Credit card numbers, customer information, and even employee records are inadequately protected in development environments, according to a new report. A majority of IT practitioners feel their company lacks adequate policies, procedures, and ...
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Public spied on 1,500 times a day in UK, study finds | Technology | Internet | ReutersPublic spied on 1,500 times a day in UK, study finds LONDON (Reuters) - Police, councils and the intelligence services made more than 500,000 requests to access private emails and telephone records in the UK last year, according to an annual surveillance report. The figures, compiled by the ...
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Who checking your telephone/email records?According to an article published in the Telegraph, councils, police and other public bodies are seeking access to people’s private telephone and email records almost 1,400 times a day in the UK. The authorities made more than 500,000 requests for confidential communications data last year, ...
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