Peeping Councils
The Guardian has posted a story reporting how local British councils are invoking snooping legislation to watch citizens without requiring judicial authorization.
Council officials are routinely using surveillance legislation which was designed to track organised crime to access private telephone and email records.
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Local authorities said they used the legislation for various reasons that included trying to track down a bogus faith healer, identifying people who were storing petrol without permission and dog smuggling.
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[...] 2008 It would seem that British councils have no qualms with snooping. Almost a week ago today I blogged about how some councils in the UK had been invoking snooping legislation to watch citizens without [...]