Criminal record checks could hit over 14 million people

New CRB regs produce a nation of suspects.

UK pushes EU to extend use of airline passenger data

EU ministers resisting UK government calls for passenger records to be collected within Europe and used for non-terrorism-related purposes.

DVLA – Selling your data to… well, anyone

Why worry about the government losing your data, when for a small fee they’ll cheerfully hand it over to criminals and big business anyway?

UK spends £55m on disabled parking reform

The government is spending £55m on reforming the system of blue badges which allow disabled people to park for free on the street and for up to three hours on double yellow lines.

Giant database plan ‘Orwellian’

Proposals for a central database of all mobile phone and internet traffic have been condemned as “Orwellian”.

Passport Required To Buy Mobile Phones In the UK

“Everyone [in the UK] who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance.

New law to allow police to collect DNA in secret from teacups

MI5 and the police may be allowed to secretly collect genetic samples from items such as cigarette butts and teacups under new laws that could massively expand the national DNA database.