Friday
(0)The Home Office is to publish a consultation paper to help gauge how much electronic invasion of privacy the public is willing to accept.
This is a second attempt at a code of practice for controversial snooping laws, the first draft code was shelved by the government after causing outrage among privacy advocates who protested against allowing
a broad range of government agencies, including all local authorities, the NHS, the Postal Services Commission and the Food Standards Agency, to demand the communications records of Internet and telephone users.
Home Office officials insist that the new consultantion document to be published early this year will be placed in the public domain and show the totality of how data is accessed.
All departments responsible for authorities accessing communications data are being asked for help to make sure the paper properly reflects what is being done and by whom.
I bet you anything that the 'whom' will be faceless government departments with names George Orwell would be proud of.
The state is not your friend
They will keep trying to inch the boundaries further and further into people's lives until privacy itself is somehow seen as an indication of criminal intent. As it is, certain grades of encryption are a no-no...
Posted by Perry de Havilland at January 3, 2003 05:52 PM
When the Prime Minister's wife is forced to have her private emails published in the newspapers, I think we're in trouble.
This government has no respect for the basic principles and values of privacy whatever, not even that of their own families. The suits may be Armani, but the morals are socialist.
Posted by Alice Bachini at January 3, 2003 06:27 PM
Can you send me any information on the Current UK Privacy Law. I am gathering information for my Masters Degree.
Posted by Monica at February 28, 2003 08:32 AM
Can you send me any information on the Current UK Privacy Law. I am gathering information for my Higher English paper
Posted by natalie at September 21, 2003 05:24 PM
