The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today demanding records about the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s policy of searching travelers’ laptops without suspicion of wrongdoing. The lawsuit was filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to learn how CBP’s policy, issued last year, has impacted the civil liberties of travelers during…
Category: Surveillance
1,000 cameras ‘solve one crime’
Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city’s surveillance network has claimed. The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals. In one month CCTV helped capture just eight out of 269 suspected robbers. David Davis MP, the former…
Nurseries protest over ‘intrusive’ early years qualifications database
Nurseries and early years organisations have questioned the role of a new nationwide electronic database – which will share nursery staff details and qualifications with local authorities – after one local authority threatened to pull nursery education grant funding if the information was not provided. There is no legal requirement for early years settings to…
Personal spy gear: Is it ethical? Is it legal?
… while it’s easy to find and buy surveillance devices, is it legal and/or ethical to use them? Is it okay if you use them to watch over strangers? Is it reasonable to use them to watch and hear family members and loved ones? The answers can sometimes be murky. “There are definitely legalities to…