Alexander Deane writes: … In July 2008, the UK Home Office published a list of 1,043 laws permitting state inspectors to enter people’s homes and premises private property without the consent of the owner or occupier and without a police escort. This was the first time that the full extent of the spread and proliferation…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Lancashire County Council uses snooping powers
Melanie Wallwork reports: Snooping powers have been exercised hundreds of times by Lancashire County Council over the last five years. Cleaners who repeatedly failed to show up for work, and a care assistant who claimed too much on travel expenses, were among those caught through surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). A…
B.C.: Acting privacy watchdog named
Cindy E. Harnett reports: Lawyer Paul Fraser has been appointed as acting Information and Privacy Commissioner to plug both the job and the controversy that erupted after the position was left vacant for three working days. Premier Gordon Campbell said the public should see Fraser as “an appropriate and sensible appointment,” and that an all-party…
Ca: Airport security scanners must respect privacy, Privacy Commissioner insists
Op-ed by Jennifer Stoddart Privacy Commissioner of Canada January 2010 Many air passengers subjected to Canada’s latest airport security measure will find the experience of standing in a full-body scanner to be discomfiting, if not outright disturbing. But while any invasion of privacy is deplorable, the federal government has promised to respect the privacy and…