Tag archive for ‘surveillance’
Clouseau Councils abuse RIPA surveillance powers
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers bill was sold as being a vital tool in the fight against child abuse, serious and organised crime, and yes, even terrorism. Now that it’s an Act of Parliament, we find it’s actually being used to enforce school catchment areas and target nuisance dog poo. Is wanting the best education [...]
Lessons in the panopticon: school fits toilets with CCTV
Astley Sports College in Dukinfield has installed £20,000 worth of CCTV cameras to monitor pupils. Even when they’re in the toilets.
The Manchester Evening News (via The ARCH blog) reports that the school has a bullying problem, and Deputy Head Ian Gilbert sees round-the-clock surveillance as the solution:
“[The cameras] have definitely proved their worth because pupils [...]
The truth about protecting your identity from state intrusion
In November last year I wrote to James Hall, Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service, to follow up a discussion point from his live webchat on the Number 10 website. I wanted to find out more about the safeguards surrounding access to the National Identity Register (NIR) — the ‘big brother’ database of [...]
ID Cards will “help safeguard civil liberties” says IPS chief
Today I took part in a live webchat with James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, hosted by the 10 Downing Street website. Among the many issues that were discussed, it was suggested that ID cards will bring us a step closer to a surveillance society. This was Mr. Hall’s response:
“…it seems [...]
British children have nothing to hide, everything to fear
“When you are looking for a needle in a haystack, is it necessary to keep building bigger haystacks?”