Police and town hall demands to access private telephone and email records have increased by 10 per cent in two years fuelling concerns of a growing surveillance state.

Britain is heading for a new surveillance state of unmanned spy drones, GPS tracking of employees and profiling through social networking sites, the information watchdog has warned.

Britain is heading towards becoming a surveillance state of unmanned spy drones, GPS tracking of employees and profiling through social networking sites, the information watchdog has warned.

Part Four of an FT series: Part Four of FT series: opposition parties hope to capitalise on a rise of the surveillance state. But in Portsmouth, where cameras abound, no one interviewed saw the issue as one to rival the economy

From any dispassionate view, it’s clear that the Liberal Democrats have consistently believed that the protection of our right to privacy is vital for a free and open society. However, protecting that fragile right is a complex process that requires genuine and tangible policy objectives that will make a real difference. To reverse the rise

Public liberty dominated Home Affairs during 2009 with the growth of the surveillance state, DNA, privacy and vetting all hitting the headlines. There were also a few high profile dismissals and early releases while concern over the size of the population continued.

Taxpayers are funding a CCTV camera for every 1,000 people, the most detailed breakdown of the surveillance state has revealed.

David Thompson - a blogger who seems to find some superb photos for his site, by the way - has a nice roundup connected to the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, about which Perry de Havilland has already had some thoughts. As a reminder, here is a film I mentioned some time ago, based in former East Germany, that is a telling story about the dangers of the surveillance state. It remains....

Councils are to have their powers to snoop on the public curbed under government plans aimed at addressing alarm at the expansion of the surveillance state. Local authorities have used legislation intended to tackle terrorism and serious crime to deal with minor offences such as dog fouling. Under the plans, published today, relatively junior

More than one in 10 people are now stored on the DNA database as concerns grow over the scale of the surveillance state.