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UK must balance surveillance and data collection with privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ali, Saqib)
Thu Feb 12 10:46:45 2009
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:25:35 -0800
From: "Ali, Saqib" <docbook.xml@gmail.com>
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Britain's House of Lords Constitution Committee released a report
Friday saying that the country's use of widespread video surveillance
and personal data collection pose a threat to citizens' privacy and
freedom. The committee said that while such surveillance and data
collection could serve legitimate law-enforcement purposes, those
interests should be balanced against privacy concerns, including
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The committee
also issued specific recommendations that DNA data on individuals be
consolidated to the National DNA Database, and that closed-circuit
television surveillance only be used under strict oversight and where
it has been shown to be effective.
More info:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/02/uk-must-balance-surveillance-and-data.php
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldconst/18/18.pdf
saqib
http://www.capital-punishment.net
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