• Spy chief pushes to expand surveillance powers

  Katherine Shrader President Bush’s spy chief is pushing to expand the government’s surveillance authority at...

   

• CCTV cameras get upgrade at police request

  Via Bruce Schneier Philip Johnston Police and the Home Office are planning a significant upgrade of the CCTV network in a...

   

• Walmart Spied On Protesters

  prwatch.org In 2006, Wal-Mart “had a long-haired employee infiltrate an anti-Wal-Mart group to determine if it planned...

   

• Now you too can become Big Brother

  VOLUNTEERS in Nantwich could be recruited to help monitor the town’s CCTV cameras to put more police back on the beat. The...

   

• ID Scanners at Bars Raise Privacy Questions

  Katie Crowther We’re used to giving personal information about ourselves when there’s a security issue, maybe...

   

• ‘Talking’ CCTV scolds offenders

  “Talking” CCTV cameras that tell off people dropping litter or committing anti-social behaviour are to be extended...

   

• Wal-Mart Defends Corporate Spying

  Wal-Mart defended corporate security practices after a fired security worker confirmed a newspaper interview Wednesday in...

   

• George Orwell, Big Brother is watching your house

  The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell’s 1984 has become a reality – in the shadow of the author’s...

   

• CCTV On School Buses

  Pam Caulfield and Michael Meaney Pupils could be under increased surveillance if a proposed school transport shake-up...

   

• Big brands turning to Big Brother

  Questionnaires and focus groups aren’t enought – now companies are having volunteers filmed for days on end to...

   

• Big brother Britain

  How can free people grapple with growing threats to their privacy and liberty? A computer-security guru’s view of the...

   

• Surveillance cameras, metal detectors in US schools

  The Township Council has awarded a contract to an Ocean County company for new video surveillance equipment for the Lenape...

   

• Public webcams, not CCTV, urged to avoid Big Brother society

  Ian Sample Footage from surveillance cameras must be made freely available to the public if Britain is to avoid becoming...

   

• Spies to bug our baked beans

  VIRGINIA WHEELER A COUNCIL is planning to catch residents who leave rubbish out on the wrong day - with cameras hidden in...