privacy
The European Union is standing up to the United States on data protection
As Socialist and Democrat spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament, I know that the European Union has been pushing hard to create the first piece of international legislation on data protection - the Data Protection Regulation and Directive - which would help enshrine much needed citizen's protections in the internet age.
Let’s hope the US electorate remembers the PRISM fiasco when the 2016 primaries commence
The United States of America is not one for letting things go. So when Edward Snowden - a 29-year old CIA employee seconded to the NSA - leaked classified information on highly-secretive surveillance systems, he will have known that his days of anonymity and free-living were numbered.
The Snoopers’ Charter would turn a nation of citizens into a nation of suspects
Whilst blanket surveillance will inevitably bring some law enforcement gains, monitoring of an entire population smacks of authoritarianism, and will undermine the proud reputation for liberty we have developed as the oldest unbroken democracy in the world.
Extension of State snooping cannot be allowed to happen on the Lib Dems’ watch
An extnesion of State snooping and surveillance powers simply cannot be allowed to happen on the Lib Dems’ watch, says the Social Liberal Forum’s Prateek Buch.
Ignore the Mail’s distortions, here’s what Goldsmith actually said
The Daily Mail was in full ‘outraged’ mode today over Zac Goldsmith's comments to the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions yesterday, reports Shamik Das.
Leveson witnesses tell of the suicides caused by tabloid intrusion and lies
The Leveson Inquiry takes a break today, at the end of a week in which celebrities and ordinary people have testified to the abhorrence of the tabloid press.