Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
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Privacy and surveillance
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Revealed: The organisations with powers to seize evidence, search premises, and spy on Scots
Organisations in Scotland using obscure powers to investigate the general public reported nearly 40,000 alleged crimes to prosecutors in
Billionaire family linked to trade unionist blacklisting scandal are Tory donors
A billionaire family once headed by a key player in an operation which blacklisted trade unionists and others from employment
Nine spycops snooped on anti-nuclear protests in Scotland
At least nine officers from London’s secret undercover policing unit, known as spycops, aided the infiltration and surveillance of
Edinburgh University denies surveillance claims by student protestors
Security staff at Edinburgh University have been accused of “intimidating” student protestors by threatening to use Wi-Fi data to identify
“Bounty hunting” by US law firms in UK could exploit whistleblowing
Scottish campaigners have accused powerful US law firms of planning to exploit whistleblowing procedures in Britain by “bounty hunting” for
Police Scotland accelerates use of facial recognition
Police Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the last five years, and is
UK privacy watchdog confirms Threads app probe
The UK Information Commissioner is probing data protection concerns with the Threads social networking app from Meta, the company behind
Man linked to alleged Chinese secret police courted Nicola Sturgeon
Organisations linked to an alleged Chinese secret police station in Glasgow repeatedly invited Nicola Sturgeon to the premises while she
Man linked to alleged Chinese secret police met with Boris Johnson
A businessman behind a Glasgow restaurant accused of being a Chinese secret police station met with Boris Johnson at a
Why are governments restricting TikTok?
Social media app TikTok has more than one billion users and has made global celebrities of its biggest creators, but
Scots salmon boss accused of spying is key player in plan for ‘UK’s largest fish farm’
A former Scottish salmon farming boss accused of spying on a key critic of the industry is among the directors
Cyber attack on Angus Council cost taxpayer £25,000
A cyber attack targeting Angus Council last year cost £25,000 to remedy, The Ferret can reveal. The incident was