privacy
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A message from Big Brother Watch
24 January 2019 — True Publica Here is a quick look back at the highlights of 2018, as we prepare for the big challenges to come in 2019. Continue reading
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NHS: Hackers paradise as gov’t centralised health database announced
Here is another public disaster in the making. A disaster because a new NHS patient record system won’t work after billions of desperately needed taxpayer cash is poured down the drain again. A disaster because patient records will be stolen in the same quantities as they are in the USA even if it does work.… Continue reading
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A Warning Note From BigBrotherWatch
Big Brother Watch exposes and challenges threats to our privacy, our freedoms and our civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change in the UK. Here is a seriously stark warning about the current trajectory of government policy and power being used against us all. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 12 December 2018 (18/18)
13 December 2018 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/dec/email-dec.pdf Please DONATE to support our work ANALYSIS 1. Statewatch Analysis: ‘More police’ is not a synonym for ‘more security’ by Andreu Merino. STATEWATCH NEWS 1. Talk by Aidan White at the launch of Statewatch’s Library & Archive 2. IRELAND: High Court strikes down Ireland’s data… Continue reading
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A Public Service Internet for Europe?
The French Government announced in October that the National Assembly and Army Ministry would no longer be relying on American digital companies for Internet search. They are in future going to be using the French and German developed Quant search system which doesn’t track its users’ personal data and doesn’t therefore expose users to the… Continue reading
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A World First In Citizen Surveillance By The State
By TruePublica: Last month TruePublica reported that the British government were going full Orwellian and was now aiming to create a biometric database on top of its mass data bulk collection through surveillance systems that have been deemed illegal by the highest courts in the UK and EU. However, in Australia – a member of… Continue reading
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Is China Really More “Dystopian” Than The UK? By Andrew KORYBKO
RT reported that the UK’s so-called “National Data Analytics Solution” will see an algorithm process whichever of 30 separate data points have been recorded about a person in local and national police databases in order to predict which members of the population are most likely to commit a crime or be victimized by one, after… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 November 2018 (17/18)
26 November 2018 — Statewatch ANALYSES 1. Analysis: Decriminalising solidarity by promoting the regularisation of migrants by Fulvio Vassallo Paleologo (Osservatorio Solidarieta Carta di Milano 2. Viewpoint: Morocco: Wherever EU immigration policy rears its ugly head, violence and abuses follow by Yasha Maccanico Continue reading
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UK Government Goes Full Orwellian: DNA, Fingerprint, Face, Voice: Biometric Data for Every Single Citizen in the UK
We’ve been warning about this moment since the first day TruePublica went online. We said that the government would eventually take the biometric data of every single citizen living in Britain and use it for nefarious reasons. DNA, fingerprint, face, and even voice data will be included. But that’s not all. Continue reading
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Statewatch New Analyses, 5 November 2018: Biometric identity cards; Undercover policing; Criminalisation of solidarity; EU migration policies in Morocco…
New analyses: biometric identity cards; undercover policing; criminalisation of solidarity; EU migration policies in Morocco; from GAMM to “Partnerships” Continue reading
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Invitation to Launch of Statewatch Library & Archive
The Statewatch Library & Archive is being launched on Thursday 22 November 2018 at May Day Rooms in London: 18.00 -20.00 Continue reading
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Britain Moves From Democracy to Authoritarian State in Pernicious Veil of Secrecy
First published September 2015. This article is now three years old. In that time, Britain has dramatically moved forward with its intentions to become the Western world’s foremost surveillance state. And whilst all attention is on Brexit – a recent disclosure in Australia revealed that Britain is to press ahead with forcing all technology companies… Continue reading
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NSA: New – Cyber Glossary
Washington D.C., September 19, 2018 – The National Security Archive’s Cyber Vault today presents a new resource for the cybersecurity community, journalists, students, and the general public – a detailed glossary of terms. Continue reading
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Facebook’s partnership with the Atlantic Council By Kevin Reed
On May 17, Facebook announced a partnership with the Atlantic Council, the bipartisan think tank that has participated in every political and military crime of US imperialism over the past half-century. In a brief blog post by Katie Harbath, Facebook’s Global Politics and Government Outreach Director explained that the relationship was necessary “to prevent our… Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 7th September 2018
7 September 2018 — medConfidential Once more, a big thank you to everyone who confirmed to us receipt of the letter about the ‘conversion’ of your Type-2 objection to the National Data Opt-out. We are also grateful to those who shared the letter of apology for the appalling TTP error that led to 150,000 patients’ opt-outs… Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 6th July 2018
NHS Digital has not written to everyone who made a Type-2 objection (see below) – and NHS England, which is responsible for informing everyone else, still refuses to write to people who haven’t opted out about their new choice. Meanwhile, its virtually invisible ‘communications campaign’ stumbles on. Have you heard any of the radio ads… Continue reading
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EU plans to include fingerprints in identity cards are unjustified and unnecessary
The European Commission has published a proposal calling for the mandatory inclusion of biometrics (two fingerprints and a facial image) in all EU Member States’ identity cards. The demands to include fingerprints are an unnecessary and unjustified infringement on the right to privacy of almost 85% of EU citizens, as explained in a new analysis… Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 8th June 2018
The UK’s new Data Protection Act, which implements the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation, came into force on 25th May. Significant changes are underway, but how much will change in the NHS? Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 18th May 2018
The National Data Guardian said there should be “no surprises for patients about their data”, and so with the launch of the ICO’s ‘Your data matters’ campaign next week, we’ll see whether the NHS agrees. Continue reading
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NHS data-sharing U-turn is welcome – but more to do to scrap the ‘hostile environment’By Peter Pannier
Recent attention to the Windrush scandal has focused attention on the many ways migrants are deterred from accessing healthcare. The government has this week announced it will be suspending “with immediate effect” the controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which NHS Digital shared NHS patients’ details with the Home Office. Continue reading
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