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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 requiring judicial authorization.

Today in The Telegraph, another story about how some councils have been analyzing the contents of randomly selected household’s non-recycle bins.

Residents were only told about the investigation after the contents of their bins had been collected “to ensure that the sample was representative”.

Mid Sussex District Council defended the move and said the rubbish was being analysed anonymously to see how much food waste people were throwing away.