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Privacy and surveillance
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Police criticised for million pound spend on mobile phone cracking tools
Police Scotland has admitted it did not fully consider the privacy or human rights implications of new mobile phone analysis
Electronic voting could pose security risk in Scotland, claim campaigners
Scottish Government proposals that could see electronic voting introduced may leave Scotland vulnerable to election interference by foreign agents, campaigners
Cyber attacks result in Scots councils losing sensitive data
Cyber attacks have resulted in data breaches and losses at three Scottish councils, according to a new report that reveals
UK spy agencies share social media data with foreign governments, say critics
Millions of Facebook and Twitter accounts may have been analysed by UK intelligence agencies and personal data shared with foreign
Privacy fears as police access data from tens of thousands of mobile phones
Police Scotland are using an Israeli based technology firm to crack the security protections on a growing number of mobile
Leak: counter-terrorism strategy in Scotland focuses on sectarianism and far right
Most work carried out under the UK Government’s ‘Prevent‘ counter terrorism strategy in Scotland is aimed at tackling sectarian
Scrutiny over phone snooping tech won’t extend to Scotland
A move by the Home Office to improve oversight of public agencies using mobile phone interception technology will not extend
Privacy warning over growing use of body-worn cameras
Hundreds of body-worn cameras are being used by council workers across Scotland, even though few local authorities have considered the
Police accused Trump resort of getting access law wrong
Private security staff hired by Donald Trump to guard his Aberdeenshire golf course hid their handcuffs after concerns were raised
Police Scotland ordered to improve after probe into covert work
Unpublished reports from the Office of the Surveillance Commissioner show that Police Scotland has been ordered to make improvements to
Revealed: links between covert Scots police units and official review
The close links to covert police units in Scotland of a former detective probing undercover policing are revealed today by
Review of secret police condemned as a “whitewash”
A review of undercover policing as ordered by the Scottish Government has been condemned as a “whitewash” and an “insult”