{"id":26633,"date":"2013-02-08T08:26:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T07:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=26633"},"modified":"2013-02-08T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T18:30:48","slug":"new-code-protects-big-brother-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/new-code-protects-big-brother-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"New Code Protects Big Brother Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mick Meaney<br \/>\n<strong>rinf.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26634\" alt=\"onenation\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/onenation.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/onenation.jpg 500w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/onenation-75x56.jpg 75w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/onenation-133x100.jpg 133w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/onenation-383x287.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new\u00a0code of practice will be introduced under the guise of forcing authorities to comply with a set of\u00a0principles called\u00a0&#8220;surveillance by consent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On the face of it, it seems like a good move, but look just\u00a0beneath the surface and we soon discover it does little to slow down the growth of the\u00a0surveillance\u00a0state and in some cases, even protects Big Brother.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities that breach the code will not face sanctions, and it only applies to a fraction of the UK&#8217;s 4 million CCTV cameras. A new watchdog will be created,\u00a0The new Surveillance Camera Commissioner, but will have absolutely no powers of enforcement or inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Carr, deputy director of privacy and civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have repeatedly warned that the public will not have confidence in a part-time regulator who has no powers, no legally binding rules and isn\u2019t even able to take action against organisations breaking the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the new system to cover only a tiny fraction of CCTV cameras, not even those in school lavatories, it is clearly a disappointment to the wide range of people concerned that in many areas CCTV in Britain has got out of hand that the new system is largely a box-ticking exercise with no consequences for people who ignore it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, police will have to place warning signs at the roadside of major routes,\u00a0informing motorists they are being watched on CCTV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new code of practice will be introduced under the guise of forcing authorities to comply with a set of principles called &#8220;surveillance by consent&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461,1622,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials","8":"category-featured","9":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}