An innovative way to unclog our roads or a Big Brother plan to keep watch over motorists? That is the debate sparked by a paper recommending vehicles be forced to carry a tracking device so they could be charged extra for driving on main roads and during peak hour. The proposal to introduce so-called telematic…
Category: Surveillance
Clooney to sue paparazzi over photos
The Dutch royals aren’t the only ones suing the media this month. TMZ reports that George Clooney is gearing up for a legal war in Italy — claiming invasive paparazzi climbed over the wall of his Italian home and shot a topless photo of a 13-year-old girl changing in one of his guest rooms. In…
Overseeing Surveillance – Lessons from the UK Experience?
In a previous post I pointed out the remarkable lack of transparency in the oversight of surveillance in Ireland. This has become all the more worrying since July when the remit of this oversight system was extended (by the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009) beyond telephone tapping and data retention to include also the planting…
Airlines to require more passenger data
Airlines this week will begin requiring some people making reservations for domestic flights to submit their dates of birth and genders as part of a screening process aimed at keeping boarding passes out of the hands of suspected terrorists, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency said the screening would all play out behind the…