privacy
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70+ MPs launch cross-party campaign against COVID passes
Further to Sir Keir’s comments about vaccine passports being un-British and against the “British instinct”, over 70 MPs have launched a cross-party campaign opposing their “divisive and discriminatory use”. MPs and peers from Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties have signed a pledge to oppose the move. Continue reading
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The UK risks becoming a world leader in online censorship
The emergence of a free and open internet was one of the greatest achievements of liberal democracies. The creation of a decentralised web allowed ordinary citizens in countries all over the world to share and receive information. Now, fears about crime and moral panics about disinformation mean that many liberal democracies are making the web… Continue reading
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View: Big Brother Watch on the ‘Vaccine Passport’
Our Director Silkie Carlo to Julia Hartley-Brewer after a closer look at the Covid vaccine status feature on the NHS app reveals plans for more than just international travel… Continue reading
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Privacy: End game for end-to-end encryption
Last week, Wired has reported that the Home Office is actively exploring legal and technical mechanisms to compel Facebook and WhatsApp to break end-to-end encryption messaging. Continue reading
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Palantir – UK Gov’t sued for selling critical NHS database to foreign power
At TruePublica, we took the view that Britain should not be ‘world-beating’ at being the most surveilled nation of any Western democracy in the world. For five years we reported with our partners that state surveillance and the ending of privacy was a matter of public interest, not a political plaything for some politicians to… Continue reading
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Watch: The Scale of This Digital Dragnet Has Reached Epic Proportions
Former NSA and CIA contractor turned whistleblower, Ed Snowden, explains how this digital dragnet has come to pass and what practical steps society needs to take to preserve essential aspects of a free civilization. Watch: Continue reading
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US spy firm at centre of sensitive NHS patient data grab
AstraZeneca, Microsoft and Amazon held talks on the creation of “an extraordinary and internationally unique resource”, a “single, national, standardised, event-based longitudinal record for Britain’s 65 million citizens Continue reading
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A Short Comment on a Big Danger
by Jack Rasmus If you’re worried about the capability of government to conduct surveillance of citizens engaged in political assembly and protest, or even just personal activity, then you should be aware the technological capability of government surveillance is about to expand exponentially. Continue reading
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Report: Government Spies Are Tracking Brits Movements To Check If They’re Complying With Lockdown
20 November, 2020 — Summit News GCHQ spooks also tasked with waging war on ‘anti-vaccination conspiracy theories’ By Steve Watson GCHQ spooks are monitoring the movement of British people minute by minute to check if they are complying with government restrictions, according to reports. Continue reading
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In Blow to Online Privacy EU Seizes on Vienna Attack to Enact Long-Desired Ban on Encryption
The European Union is rushing through new legislation to get rid of end to end digital encryption. This would mean the end of privacy for users of popular messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. Continue reading
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If no-one watches the watchers, we can’t defend our civil liberties
As governments seek ever-greater surveillance powers, we need to keep them under control. For almost three decades, Statewatch has reported on, analysed and fought against attempts by the EU and national governments to snoop further and further into our private lives – from the surveillance and retention of telecommunications data; to the profiling of travellers, tourists… Continue reading
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Tracking Apps are Unlikely to Help Stop COVID-19
The debate over using apps for contact tracing or exposure warnings to help fight COVID-19 is largely a sideshow to the principal coronavirus health needs. Continue reading
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False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare
The report examines the implementation and impacts of the Prevent duty in the NHS, looking at the interaction between the duty and other professional duties. It analyses and gives a breakdown of the figures relating to the number of referrals to Prevent across a number of NHS Trusts, discussing the mental health and racialised implications… Continue reading
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Bill Making It Illegal to Forcefully Microchip Employees Passes in Michigan House
Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a bill that would make it illegal for employers to force their workers to be tagged with microchips in a bid to preemptively thwart companies who seek to make it mandatory to wear the productivity-tracking devices. Continue reading
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Mass-Tracking COVI-PASS Immunity Passports Slated to Roll Out in 15 Countries
COVI-PASS will determine whether you can go to a restaurant, if you need a medical test, or are due for a talking-to by authorities in a post-COVID world. Consent is voluntary, but enforcement will be compulsory. Continue reading
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Fresh concerns over privacy and profit in NHS Covid data deals
Documents obtained by openDemocracy suggest the UK government has misled the public about how it is protecting the privacy of millions of NHS users in its major Covid-19 data deals – and about how the controversial tech firms involved stand to profit in the long term. Continue reading
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Police Use Contact Tracing And Big Tech To Identify Protesters (UPDATED)
Countless warnings about how law enforcement could use contact-tracing apps to monitor people have gone unheeded. As BGR.com revealed police are using contact tracing to identify protester’s affiliations. Continue reading
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