LibLink…Nick Thornsby: The snooper’s charter has reminded Nick Clegg,...
Yes, I know, it is Snoopers’ Charter Central here on Liberal Democrat Voice today. I hope you will forgive us for being relieved and delighted that Nick Clegg has made sure that the Government will not...
View ArticleLibLink…Paddy Ashdown: NSA surveillance: who watches the watchers?
Paddy Ashdown has been writing in the Guardian about what he considers should be the key principles underpinning any state intrusion into our communications, online or otherwise. First of all, he...
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UPDATED: (Not) The Snoopers’ Charter: Where we are, how we got here, what we...
I’m feeling slightly nervous this morning. As I was going to bed last night, news came through that apparently a deal had been struck to introduce emergency legislation on communications data. The...
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Opinion: Liberal Democrats should take a stand on state surveillance powers
The Coalition Government has announced it is rushing through emergency legislation underpinning the state’s right to keep personal data held by internet and phone companies. This is in reaction to the...
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Opinion: We should be ashamed of these emergency surveillance powers
In April the European Court of Justice ruled that the UK’s regime of mass data retention was incompatible with the treaty on fundamental rights, particularly with article 8 that stipulates the right to...
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Baroness Sarah Ludford writes…How not to use Brussels for policy laundering
The new Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Bill responds to the European Court of Justice annulment of the 2006 EU Data Retention Directive. The government asserts that the DRIP Bill only...
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LibLink: Norman Baker: Security and freedom in the internet age
Norman Baker wrote an article for the party website which I thought you might find useful because it deals with some of the points raised in the questions to my mammoth post yesterday. I must warn...
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Lord Brian Paddick writes: The difficult balancing act between privacy and...
As a Liberal former police officer I am acutely aware of the difficult balancing act the government has to perform between keeping us safe and keeping our personal data safe. At the same time I see...
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Julian Huppert writes to Theresa May over Snoopers’ Charter allegation: “I...
Remember when the Tories were, briefly, a party which stuck up for individuals’ privacy? It happened, honestly – when they were in opposition. But now, in government, home secretary Theresa May is...
View ArticlePaddick: EU court ruling on surveillance shows that Government overstepped...
When the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act was just a Bill being rushed through Parliament with indecent haste, the pros and cons were hotly debated on this site.Today, the European Court of...
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