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Surveillance

The National Curriculum: reading, writing and … biometrics

Thursday April 8, 2010

Schools are not under a legal duty to consult parents before collecting biometric data, writes Karen McTigue, which means your child could be fingerprinted or iris-scanned without your knowledge

Huge fall in number of crimes caught on CCTV

Tuesday January 5, 2010

Figures released under Freedom of Information show 71 per cent fall in number of crimes “in which CCTV was involved”

Eye spy: who's watching who?

Monday March 3, 2008

The Metropolitan Police want us to report anything suspicious. Cause for concern or perfectly normal, asks Nick Williams

Smile, you're on state-run candid camera

Friday February 15, 2008

Surveillance cameras, listening devices, satellite images and smart cards. How alarming is that, asks Eamonn Butler.

How did Britain become a Stasi state?

Thursday February 7, 2008

Britain used to be proud of its freedoms, writes Stephen Glover. What is going on today was unthinkable 30 years ago