Friday, February 20, 2009

Can't even buy a beer without being spied on ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151505/Buying-wine-Spy-cameras-watching.html
Earlier this week, a law came into force which carries a maximum ten-year jail term for anybody taking a picture of a police officer if it is ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.
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The UK already has more than four million closed-circuit TV cameras covering the streets – the largest number in the world.
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The footage of people innocently buying a bottle of wine in a shop or a pint of beer in a bar must be stored for at least 60 days, and be handed over to the police on demand.

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