Families who help terminally ill relatives to end their lives will be free from the risk of prosecution after a landmark ruling yesterday. The Director of Public Prosecutions is to rush out urgent guidance to clarify the law after Debbie Purdy, a multiple sclerosis sufferer, won an historic judgment from the House of Lords. The…
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UK: Ministers ‘do not value privacy’
The government does not appreciate the threat posed to privacy by surveillance, peers have warned. In a report, the Lords Constitution Committee says the Information Commissioner does not have enough power to prevent abuse by the private sector. Its chairman Lord Goodlad said ministers did not recognise the “fundamental importance of privacy”. In response, the…