Big Brother Watch

Government Surveillance Commissioner Warns Of Chinese-made CCTV – Report

UK's surveillance camera commissioner warns government, public bodies, and local authorities, against buying Chinese-made CCTV cameras

3 years ago

Local Councils Cannot ‘Guarantee’ Your Personal Data Is Safe

Report from privacy campaigners at Big Brother Watch show there were 4,236 data breach incidents between 2011 and 2014 in…

9 years ago

Ex-GCHQ Head And David Blunkett Call For Spying Transparency

Former Home secretary David Blunkett and ex-director of GCHQ Sir David Omand both say the intelligence agency should be more…

11 years ago

Internet Freedom Activists Plead For Amendments To Press Regulation

From Cambridge University researchers to rights groups, bloggers are deeply worried ahead of the crucial Lords vote on Monday

12 years ago

RSA 2012: Art Coviello – Privacy Advocates Use ‘Dangerous Reasoning’

RSA chief and privacy groups at loggerheads over access to citizens' data

12 years ago

BBC Under Fire For Secret Use Of RIPA Surveillance Powers

Broadcaster just one of many publicly-funded firms keeping schtum about use of RIPA

12 years ago

UK Police Clueless On DNA Databases

Big Brother Watch finds police are keeping lots of DNA data on innocent people

12 years ago

‘Snooper’s Charter’ Becomes Draft Bill In Queen’s Speech

Plans to allow GCHQ to watch over all of the UK's communications data are formalised in the Queen's Speech

13 years ago