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Monthly roundup: October
In the past month Microsoft revealed Windows 7, Apple showed off new MacBooks, Apricot was resurrected, Google got its mobile phone... and the...
Week in Review: Why did TfL cut short the Oyster contract?
Two of this week's biggest stories are both in part related to hackers cracking vulnerable systems. We also look at government snooping and...
Need to Know: RIPA
Half a million people were snooped on last year, all using the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. But what is it?
Government looks to ISPs as it cuts comms database plan
The Home Office no longer wants to store all the data in a single place.
ICO: Databases never ‘risk free’
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned on government plans for a communications database, but welcomed public debate.
Government to spy on email using £12bn database
A huge database would store billions of pieces of communication in order to fight against terrorism, but how will it stay secure?
Most schools use CCTV to watch students
A survey of teachers has shown most schools use surveillance cameras to improve security and monitor students.
Government wants to store all text, email and browsing data
The information will be used by police for crime fighting, but also other government bodies such as health authorities and the Post Office.
CCTV will now ‘hear’, as well as see
CCTV cameras will be able to detect telling noises, such as breaking glass.
Government plans to store call, email details
A massive database to store call, email and browser session information is being considered to battle terrorism.
Week in Review: Could Elbot fool you?
Artificial Intelligence and Big Brother look to move from the pages of science fiction to computer - and public sector - reality.
Government confirms post-election plans to track public comms
New government legislation to force telecoms companies and ISPs to keep records of all personal communication for a year will be held off until the...
Government looks to tighten RIPA
The Home Office wants to stop so many 'trivial' uses of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
Government defends - and criticises - comms database plans
Jacqui Smith stresses that a database of communications intercepts will not contain content from emails and phone calls, as a government minister...
Data watchdog issues stark warnings
The Information Commissioner condemns government database expansion plans, with particular venom reserved for the MoD and HMRC after data breaches.
Tech needed to fight terror, says PM
Prime Minister Gordon Brown defends technology such as databases and CCTV, saying they are needed to take on new threats.
Government must minimise data collection
A Home Affairs report has called on the government to guard against a "surveillance society".
Analysis: Is snooping on Facebook a step too far?
Regulations have quietly been passed to track user data in the name of fighting crime and terrorism, but underneath this all is the unanswered...
Your views: Big Brother snooping
It would seem most IT PRO readers aren't in favour of the Home Office plans to watch our email and phone calls, but they do like the idea of cc'ing...
Big Brother government should back off
The Communications Bill is an unnecessary privacy intrusion, but why does the Government want such access?
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