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12-31-07, 01:37 PM
Britain rated worst in Europe for protecting privacy
David Ward
Monday December 31, 2007
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
Britain, the country with the world's biggest network of surveillance cameras, has the worst record in Europe for the protection of privacy, according to a report from a London-based international watchdog.
The UK is billed as "an endemic surveillance society" alongside Russia, the US, Singapore and China in the survey of 47 countries by Privacy International (PI). Britain is bottom in Europe because of its cameras, ID card plans and lack of government accountability. Rankings are given for the UK as a whole as well as for its individual nations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2233531,00.html (http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2233531,00.html)
And all in the name of protecting your freedom, Bah. :nope:
David Ward
Monday December 31, 2007
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
Britain, the country with the world's biggest network of surveillance cameras, has the worst record in Europe for the protection of privacy, according to a report from a London-based international watchdog.
The UK is billed as "an endemic surveillance society" alongside Russia, the US, Singapore and China in the survey of 47 countries by Privacy International (PI). Britain is bottom in Europe because of its cameras, ID card plans and lack of government accountability. Rankings are given for the UK as a whole as well as for its individual nations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2233531,00.html (http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2233531,00.html)
And all in the name of protecting your freedom, Bah. :nope: