Chris Williams reports: The government’s plans to limit DNA retention from those arrested but not charged or convicted may not go far enough, according to the body that ensures human rights rulings are obeyed. Last month the Home Office said that – in response to a defeat at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…
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The Vancouver Statement of Surveillance, Security and Privacy Researchers about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
A group of researchers who participated in the Surveillance Games Research Workshop November 20-21 in Vancouver, B.C. have drafted a joint statement on security, surveillance and mega-events signed by international experts specializing in these areas. As researchers from Canada and the wider world, who are conducting research on the global security dynamics of mega-events, we…
Police pledge on desal privacy breach
In a “Oops, our draft didn’t mean what it said” moment, Victoria Police are now backing away as rapidly as they can from a memorandum that appeared to let them turn over personal information on protesters to a non-governmental entity: Victoria Police say privacy laws prevent them from releasing private information about opponents of Victoria’s…
AU: Contractors should not have access to police files
…. On Saturday The Age revealed that Victoria Police had agreed to hand over to Aquasure, the international consortium building a desalination plant near Wonthaggi, information about people involved in protests against the plant. In a 20-page memorandum of understanding, signed in August by Assistant Commissioner Paul Evans and the secretary of the Department of…