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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 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Unpublished reports from the Office of the Surveillance Commissioner show that Police Scotland has been ordered to make improvements to
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”
Scottish councils still ‘misusing’ surveillance powers
Councils across Scotland are failing to implement surveillance laws properly, according to inspection reports obtained by The Ferret. The Office
Police Scotland to dump millions of ANPR records over privacy fears
Police Scotland has committed to dumping millions of historic vehicle movement records over fears its vast database breaches privacy laws.
Mobile phone firms secretly help government deploy spy technology
The operators of all four major mobile phone networks have been criticised after documents obtained by The Ferret reveal that
Scottish Government urged to obtain fake names of spy cops
A key witness at the Pitchford Inquiry has asked the Scottish Government to obtain the fake names used by undercover
Prisoners outwit £1.2m mobile phone blocking technology
A £1.2m pilot project that tried to stop prisoners using mobile phones in jail is unlikely to be extended
LinkedIn profile reveals Angus salesman ran secret police unit
A sales engineer from Angus was in charge of a secret police squad being investigated by a public inquiry. Paul
70 cameras primed for new state-of the-art surveillance
Some 70 CCTV cameras in Glasgow have the capability to track people under a new surveillance system branded a threat
Body cameras may break law, say police
Cameras worn by police officers to film encounters with members of the public may breach privacy law, Police Scotland has