Civil rights campaigners are calling on everybody to join action against excessive surveillance by governments and businesses. On 11 September 2010, concerned people in many countries will take to the streets, the motto being “Freedom not fear 2010 – Stop Surveillance Mania!”. Call for Action A broad movement of civil liberty rights defenders is calling…
Category: Non-U.S.
Are Swedish Police Violating Copyright Law In Creating Shoe Database?
… it’s a bit amusing to find out that the Swedish National Police may be in a bit of hot water themselves after building a national “shoe database” (Google translation from the original Swedish) for use in tracking what kinds of shoes make what kinds of tracks. But how did they build the database? They just went…
UK: Another snooping scandal at the higher levels
If you’re following the Deutsche Telekom case in which the company is accused of illegally snooping on some of its own people, you may like this one… The Daily Telegraph has disclosed that [Justice Minister Jonathan] Djanogly hired a firm of private detectives to conduct an undercover investigation into his aides and colleagues. Derek Holley,…
UK: Naturist gardener angry over council’s house plan
A naturist is claiming a council has breached his human rights after it approved plans for houses overlooking his garden. Leslie Howard, 70, put up fencing around his home in the West Yorkshire village of Steeton so he could tend to his garden in the nude. But he now fears people will be able to…