Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition...
Read MoreCampaigners say ‘fully automated’ approach risks repeat of Post Office Horizon scandalUK politics live – latest updatesPlans for automated surveillance of millions of bank accounts to catch welfare cheats...
Read MoreIsrael’s advanced surveillance of Palestinians makes scenes of Hamas gunmen moving through its streets all the more astoundingHamas’s surprise attack on Israel, on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war, will be...
Read MoreCivil liberty campaigners warn Chris Philp’s plans to integrate databases are an ‘Orwellian nightmare’Britain’s passport database could be used to catch shoplifters, burglars and other criminals under...
Read MoreOfficials reflected policing minister’s enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settingsSenior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent...
Read MoreOfficials reflected policing minister’s enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settingsSenior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent...
Read MoreCovert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spacesHome Office officials have drawn up secret plans to...
Read MoreBut whistleblower says 2013 surveillance ‘child’s play’ compared to technology todayEdward Snowden has warned that surveillance technology is so much more advanced and intrusive today it makes that used by US...
Read MoreEquipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPsBritain has announced the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive...
Read MoreUK surveillance watchdog informed large group of asylum seekers of their right to bring a case before a tribunalThe Home Office faces a wave of legal claims after the UK’s surveillance watchdog found a blanket policy of...
Read MoreUS ‘not the only target’ of Chinese surveillance, warns US secretary of state, as FBI investigates balloon wreckageChina has a “fleet” of surveillance balloons of different shapes and sizes, which it has...
Read MoreBig Brother Watch’s FoI request shows force rebuked by watchdog for recording 2019 school strike action in LondonPolice unlawfully spied on children as young as 10 taking part in a climate strike protest in London,...
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