Conservative policy to limit the surveillance state has significant privacy gaps
If the press response is anything to go by, the policy paper “Revising the rise of the Surveillance Society”, published by the Conservative Party yesterday, promises much in relation to enhanced privacy. Indeed, there is much to be welcomed. However, if you apply the principles underpinning “Nine principles for assessing whether privacy is protected in a surveillance society” (a download section of the main Amberhawk web-site), you will soon find significant gaps. For example, the policy paper’s commitment to Parliamentary




