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Privacy vs Security

Steve Furber By Steve Furber Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted: June 12, 2015

As data protection becomes a hot topic again  with the publication of the ‘A Question of Trust‘ report, Professor Steve Furber asks if we should be worried. I have always assumed that government security agencies – GCHQ, NSA, etc – can snoop on what they like, when they like, and that this is in the interests […]

Tagged With: Big Brother, CCTV, data retention and investigation powers bill, Edward Snowden, European Court of Justice, GCHQ, NSA, Tesco

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Addressing online threats in the internet age

David Omand By David Omand Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 21, 2014

Intelligence agencies are responding to the threats posed in the internet age. We should be relieved, argues Sir David Omand. Faced with the growing threats posed in the internet age, UK law enforcement has reorganized. It is recruiting more cyber professionals, notably through the new National Crime Agency. Increasingly the police have looked to the […]

Tagged With: dark net, Edward Snowden, European Convention on Human Rights, GCHQ, intelligence agencies, Intelligence Services Act, Interception Commissioner, internet, internet security, Security Service Act, Sir Anthony May

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Are trust issues driving fear of mass surveillance in Europe?

David Barnard-Wills By David Barnard-Wills Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: February 26, 2014

David Barnard-Wills argues that EU citizens don’t necessarily want to trade their privacy for security – and that policymakers should take their views seriously in determining surveillance practices. Fuelled in part by Edward Snowden’s release of documents revealing NSA and GCHQ surveillance practices, recent months have seen much media coverage of surveillance and European citizens […]

Tagged With: GCHQ, NSA, safety, security, snooping, Snowden, surveillance

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