Masked Marauder
02-11-2006, 10:45 AM
From "The Register"
Full story and further links: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/surveillance_warning/
The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, has said the UK is adopting uncomfortably high levels of surveillance.
A Surveillance Society, released today. It looks at surveillance in 2006 and projects forward 10 years to 2016
Thomas said: "Two years ago I warned that we were in danger of sleepwalking into a surveillance society. Today I fear that we are in fact waking up to a surveillance society that is already all around us.
This is on the same day that concerns are increasing over the National DNA database with 1 in 4 of adult males on the database and 24,000 under 18s.
You can have your say on the DNA database here: http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/go/ourwork/bioinformationuse/page_848.html
Full story and further links: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/surveillance_warning/
The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, has said the UK is adopting uncomfortably high levels of surveillance.
A Surveillance Society, released today. It looks at surveillance in 2006 and projects forward 10 years to 2016
Thomas said: "Two years ago I warned that we were in danger of sleepwalking into a surveillance society. Today I fear that we are in fact waking up to a surveillance society that is already all around us.
This is on the same day that concerns are increasing over the National DNA database with 1 in 4 of adult males on the database and 24,000 under 18s.
You can have your say on the DNA database here: http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/go/ourwork/bioinformationuse/page_848.html