China’s police say they have installed 2.75 million surveillance cameras since 2003 and are expanding the system into the largely neglected countryside. The cameras are the most visible components of police surveillance and notification systems installed around the country, mainly in urban areas, according to a news release posted Monday on the Public Security Ministry’s…
Jury vetting practice used in nine trials
The number of Ontario trials where prosecutors used police information to vet prospective jurors is substantially higher than the government has disclosed to date, Law Times has learned. Attorney General Chris Bentley’s department has informed nine defence lawyers in Simcoe County that Crown attorneys used the practice in past trials during which they represented defendants,…
ACLU: Govt cookies proposal threatens privacy
The American Civil Liberties Union submitted comments today to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) opposing its recent proposal to reverse current federal policy and allow the use of web tracking technologies, like cookies, on federal government websites. Cookies can be used to track an Internet user’s every click and are often linked across…
BSF demands power to arrest, search
Pointing out that it was raised for the purpose of “ensuring security of the borders and to promote a sense of security among the people living in border areas”, the Border Security Force (BSF) has asked the Central Government to give it powers that the police in India enjoy when deployed in areas other than…