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This page provides occasional items, linked to the original articles, as we attempt to keep up with the rapidly changing situation on civil liberties.

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2002 - 2004
1st Jan to 9th Sept 2005

Big Brother is watching your car journeys

Posted by James Hammerton @ 6:06 pm on 20 June, 2010.
Categories privacy and surveillance, British politics, the database state, freedom of information.
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Big Brother Watch, via a FOI request made by HMP Britain, have found that 7.6 billion journeys have been logged by Britain’s Automated Number Plate Recognition camera network. In response to a question about how long the data is retained for the reply stated:

ANPR read data is stored only for as long as is operationally necessary and not routinely more than two years.

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Britain’s coalition government promises to strengthen civil liberties

Posted by James Hammerton @ 10:34 pm on 15 May, 2010.
Categories privacy and surveillance, political liberties, democracy and the rule of law, freedom of speech, British politics, the database state, freedom of information, European Convention on Human Rights.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission to develop “livestyle” database

Posted by James Hammerton @ 12:32 pm on 23 December, 2009.
Categories privacy and surveillance, British politics, the database state, freedom of information.
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Should MPs’ and candidates’ addresses be private?

Posted by James Hammerton @ 4:59 pm on 28 March, 2009.
Categories privacy and surveillance, democracy and the rule of law, British politics, accountability, freedom of information.
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Australian Government adds Wikileaks to banned website list

Posted by James Hammerton @ 3:38 pm on 21 March, 2009.
Categories freedom of speech, accountability, freedom of information, Australian politics.
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The Gateway Reviews for the National Identity Scheme are finally published

Posted by James Hammerton @ 2:27 pm on 20 March, 2009.
Categories privacy and surveillance, British politics, the database state, accountability, freedom of information.
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The Convention on Modern Liberty: a personal view, part three

Posted by James Hammerton @ 8:16 pm on 7 March, 2009.
Categories privacy and surveillance, political liberties, democracy and the rule of law, freedom of speech, British politics, the database state, freedom of information, European Convention on Human Rights.
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Carnival on Modern Liberty

Posted by James Hammerton @ 12:28 pm on .
Categories privacy and surveillance, political liberties, democracy and the rule of law, freedom of speech, British politics, the database state, freedom of information, European Convention on Human Rights.
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The Convention on Modern Liberty: a personal view, part one

Posted by James Hammerton @ 7:42 pm on 1 March, 2009.
Categories privacy and surveillance, political liberties, democracy and the rule of law, freedom of speech, British politics, the database state, freedom of information, European Convention on Human Rights.
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Good luck to the Convention on Modern Liberty

Posted by James Hammerton @ 9:01 pm on 27 February, 2009.
Categories privacy and surveillance, political liberties, democracy and the rule of law, freedom of speech, British politics, the database state, freedom of information, European Convention on Human Rights.
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