As I have previously covered in the EU makes police hacking legal post Europe is making moves to give police forces new powers to spy on anyone’s home or business computers. This is now being implemented in the UK, and is being picked up by more mainstream sources such as BBC...

As part of a 5 year action plan to 'combat the growth in cyber theft and spam' the EU have granted Europol £250,000 to create a system to allow european police forces to share data with each other which they have gained be illegal means. Obviously they worded it slightly better than I...

For those who have not yet seen this, below is the interview conducted by Eerie Investigations  of KiasWorld member Zas . The interview took place at the Freedom Not Fear 2008 demo in London. Zas' interview is at the start of the video, at around 1 Min 3 Sec. Good one...

With the first of the UK ID cards rolling out this week to foreign nationals, I thought I’d do a quick update of all the lunacy that has gone off lately. The initial cost is expected to be £30 - paid for by the card holder - and is now seeming likely to rise after 2010, to...

I covered the story of the BNP member list leaking the other day. I thought I would do a quick follow up. Firstly, a police officer (police officers are not allowed to be member's of the BNP) has been suspended while his links to the British National Party are investigated. A radio DJ...

First a little background for those not in the UK. The British National Party (BNP) is a fringe political party in the UK with a view to the extreme far right. According to their own constitution the BNP is "committed to stemming and reversing the tide of non-white immigration and to...

As I have posted in the forum here the new Counter Terrorism Bill is currently in the House of Lords, and the implications of this bill on our freedoms are great. Fitwatch haveissued a 'call to arms' the following was posted on IndyMedia here : 'The new Counter Terrorism Bill,...

Just read this BBC article . Starts well: "DNA profiles of those not convicted of a crime should be removed from the database in England and Wales, a government-funded inquiry has said. Control of the database should be taken from government and police and...

While this would not normally be an interesting topic - his reason is - David Davis has resigned to force a by-election in his constituency - which he will fight on the issue of the 42-day terror detention limit. I never thought I would find myself supporting a conservative - but this...

From The Mirror : Nearly 1,000 people's phone records have been investigated by council snoopers, it was revealed yesterday. The surveillance powers for tracking terrorists have been used to probe everything from a bogus faith healer to dog smuggling. A survey of Big...

Another interesting article by Bill Thompson for the BBC : Please read the whole article on the BBC site, but some interesting extracts are: "The issue was recently highlighted by reports that the Canadian government has a policy of not allowing public sector IT projects...

From BBC : Ministers are to consider plans for a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK, it has emerged. The plans, reported in the Times, are at an early stage and may be included in the draft Communications Bill...

From BBC : "The supermarket chain Budgens has installed face recognition cameras in one of its stores to stop children buying alcohol and cigarettes. It is thought to be the first time a UK retailer has used the technology to identify underage customers. The scheme is being...

From the independent : "All of the worst aspects of this Government's record on law and order were in evidence in the measures outlined by Jacqui Smith yesterday. The Home Secretary is promising to establish an anti-social behaviour "action squad". Ms Smith envisages...

Later this month the National Staff Dismissal Register (NSDR) will go live - backed by the likes of Harrods, Selfridges, Reed Managed Services and Mothercare. This particular national database has been set up by Action Against Business Crime to store the details of workers ACCUSED of theft,...