In many cases information is kept by companies such as banks and shops, but in certain circumstances they can be asked to hand it over to a range of legal authorities Posted on 08/19/2008 11:21:05 AM PDT by BGHater
In our ever-growing surveillance society, the average Briton is being recorded 3,000 times a week. Richard Gray reports.
In many cases information is kept by companies such as banks and shops, but in certain circumstances they can be asked to hand it over to a range of legal authorities
With every telephone call, swipe of a card and click of a mouse, information is being recorded, compiled and stored about Britain's citizens.
An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has now uncovered just how much personal data is being collected about individuals by the Government, law enforcement agencies and private companies each day.
In one week, the average person living in Britain has 3,254 pieces of personal information stored about him or her, most of which is kept in databases for years and in some cases indefinitely.
The data include details about shopping habits, mobile phone use, emails, locations during the day, journeys and internet searches.
In many cases this information is kept by companies such as banks and shops, but in certain circumstances they can be asked to hand it over to a range of legal authorities.
Britain's information watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, has called for tighter regulation of the amount of data held about citizens and urged the public to restrict the information they allow organisations to hold on them.
This newspaper's findings come days after the Government published plans to grant local authorities and other public bodies access to the email and internet records of millions. Phone companies already retain data about their customers and give it to 650 public bodies on request.
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So there are no more unexplained abductions in England, right? After all, everyone is being monitored so if they suddenly disappear without their consent, it’s on camera somewhere. right?
Hey, if you have nothing to hide.... /sarc
Well this doesn’t affect me so why should I worry!? Stupid liberaltarians! They must have something to hide! /s
I think they did a study and found that the cameras they put up helped police solve 3% of the crimes from that point forward. But I don’t remember where I heard that.
I have a friend who believes the CIA has been able to do mind control since the 50s (sigh). Anyone here know anything about the unlikelihood of this? I’d like to have the facts, even though I know I can’t convince him he’s wrong.
"...Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me."
Look it up. It's worth a read.
Is that the one where it lists a bunch of things the government started restricting/regulating/taking away, but it doesn’t affect the speaker so he doesn’t do anything? And then they take him. I love that one.
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here.
Oh, different poem, but still good.
“1984” was a warning - not a guidebook!
So what is stopping them from catching all those “asian yutes” causing all those problems? PC?
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