The Guardian David Davis says data retention laws turn ‘entire nation into suspects’, while UK lawyers argue they are critical to securing convictions David Davis said the British government was retaining far more data than necessary. Photograph: Niklas Halle’N/AFP/Getty Images The UK government is “treating the entire nation as suspects” by ignoring safeguards on retaining…
The independent It comes after a ‘well-known’ public figure took out a court injunction to prevent the UK media from publishing details of an extra-marital ‘three-way sexual encounter’ “It’s an issue which has been under active consideration,” a Whitehall source said Rex Government ministers are “actively considering” plans to water down celebrities’ ability to prevent the British…
The Guardian Home Office granted powers to snoop on detention centre refugees three years ago by amendment to 20-year-old Police Act Two women detained at Yarl’s Wood in Bedfordshire beg for help. Now it has been revealed that their phones can be legally hacked. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Demotix/Corbis Immigration officials have been permitted to hack the…
The Independent After the riot, police officers looked through photos of the disturbance on Facebook and saw the man in the photos with tags to his profile page The man had tagged himself in photos at the riot Alamy A man has been jailed after tagging himself in Facebook photos showing him taking part in…
The Independent At least nine employees have been suspended and around 500 clients are thought to be affected A union banner hanging from a fence in front of the Tata steelworks in the town of Port Talbot, Wales Reuters The Serious Fraud Office has opened a criminal investigation into Tata Steel’s UK operations. Police officers are investigating…
BBC NEWS The jury in the trial of two girls convicted of murdering a vulnerable woman heard graphic evidence of how they tortured and beat her to death. But the crime sparked such abusive comments on Facebook that a judge feared the girls could not have a fair hearing. He scrapped the case and ordered…
The Guardian Home secretary announces a new criminal offence for those who try to leave UK or fail to hand in passports while on pre-charge bail Theresa May said: ‘We are determined to give the police the tools they need to fight terrorism and keep people safe.’ Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA Terror suspects in the UK…
BBC NEWS Instant messaging service Whatsapp has announced it will encrypt all its users’ communications from Tuesday. With end-to-end encryption, messages are scrambled as they leave the sender’s device and can only be decrypted by the recipient’s device. It renders messages unreadable if they are intercepted, for example by criminals or law enforcement. Whatsapp, which…
The Independent It is now a legal requirement for dog owners to have their pets microchipped Ruby, a two-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, has a micro-chip implanted in Wolverhampton Getty Images Following the introduction of the National Living Wage and unwelcome increases to council tax, today sees another wave of new laws come into force in the UK.…
BBC NEWS Cases of UK police officers and staff taking long-term sick leave for psychological reasons have risen by 35% over the last five years, statistics obtained by BBC Radio 5 live suggest. The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show cases rose from 4,544 in 2010-11 to 6,129 in 2014-15 despite police…
