Owen Bowcott and Paul Lewis report: More and more police forces and government agencies are exploring the potential of unmanned drones for covert aerial surveillance, security, or emergency operations across the UK, the Guardian has learned. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which works closely with police forces and MI5, published an unusually detailed public tender notice in…
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US travel fee draws new dividing line with EU
Valentina Pop reports: A new transatlantic row is unfolding after the US introduced a $14 entry fee for EU travellers, with the European Commission analysing possible retaliatory measures. Meanwhile, US privacy officials are trying to alleviate concerns raised by MEPs over the collection of travellers’ credit card data. Introduced earlier this month, the fee, which…
AU: Data chief, David Watts, lashes police privacy
Milanda Rout reports: John Brumby’s law enforcement data watchdog is tired of Victoria Police not fully implementing its recommendations. The CLED will subject them to “intense supervision” until they fix their flawed security around sharing sensitive personal information. The Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security, David Watts, has warned police that “any further delay” in…
UK: Researchers seek to find true level of cyberstalking
A new survey has been launched in an effort to find out the true level of cyberstalking in the UK. It comes a day after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) unveiled new guidance to prosecutors and promised to get tough on cyberstalkers. More than one million women and 900,000 men are stalked in the UK every…