Big Brother: what it really means in Britain today
Independent [UK]
01/15/07
Moves to share people’s personal details across Whitehall have provoked a civil liberties uproar and accusations that the Government has taken another step towards ‘a Big Brother state.’ Ministers say the scheme — which will be endorsed by Tony Blair today — is aimed at improving public service delivery. But it faced protests that it was dealing another blow to personal privacy by creating a ’snooper’s charter’ and enabling thousands of civil servants to access sensitive information with ease...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2154844.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
01/15/07
Moves to share people’s personal details across Whitehall have provoked a civil liberties uproar and accusations that the Government has taken another step towards ‘a Big Brother state.’ Ministers say the scheme — which will be endorsed by Tony Blair today — is aimed at improving public service delivery. But it faced protests that it was dealing another blow to personal privacy by creating a ’snooper’s charter’ and enabling thousands of civil servants to access sensitive information with ease...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2154844.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 15. Jan, 19:37
