Tag Archives: Privacy

Probing deeply into issues of personal freedom and government overreach, the unsettling documentary “State of Control” by DeBunk Productions examines the growing web of surveillance and data gathering woven into the fabric of modern society. Following the lives of several citizens, the film depicts the pervasive presence of tracking and monitoring technologies today. From facial recognition cameras proliferating in cities …

Every day technologies are being used to monitor The People of the World with unprecedented scrutiny — from driving habits to workplace surveillance. Shoppers and diners are observed and analyzed; Internet searches are monitored and used as evidence in court. It is big business that collects most of the data about us. But increasingly, it’s the government that’s using it. …

Part1 Part 2 Privacy Is Dead – Get Over It In 2006, privacy expert Steven Rambam’s two hour panel was disrupted by federal authorities who arrested him at the conference just prior to its commencement. In the end, he was completely vindicated and went on to finally give his talk several months later to a packed house at a local …

  Since Tony Blair’s New Labour government came to power in 1997, the UK civil liberties landscape has changed dramatically. ASBOs were introduced by Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and first used in 1999. The right to remain silent is no longer universal. Our right to privacy, free from interception of communications has been severely curtailed. …