Report from European Commission Raises New Questions About Airport Body Scanners
A report
prepared for the European Parliament and the European Council on the
controversial proposal to deploy body
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Do a complete background check on yourself
If you’ve ever wanted to know just what is out there in the numerous databases, The Consumerist has a detailed list so that you
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Cryptome.org taken down by Network Solutions and Microsoft - but the net routes around censorship - try cryptome.org.uk instead - UPDATE: now back online
Often curmudgeonly but always passionate defender of free speech and government transparency, New York architect John Young
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AIRPORTS WITH FULL BODY SCANNERS 
After spending several hours searching for which airports are using full body scanners and what the rules are, the list below details
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Israeli Mind-scanners May Take Over US Airports
As part of stringent measures to beef up airport security, US authorities may use an Israeli-made mind-reading scanner that
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UK uses fake case to justify DNA retention
Fake profile used to justify retaining DNA
Exclusive: Channel 4 News learns a government minister used a fake case study to justify retaining DNA samples from people
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500,000 EU computers can access private British data
Giant Schengen database holds a host of personal details that could be of use to criminal gangs
...more500,000 computer terminals across Europe can access private British data
Large amounts of personal data belonging to British citizens is accessible from more than 500,000 computer terminals across Europe.
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We don't need secret surveillance cameras
Unlike ordinary CCTV cameras, Britain's 10,500 ANPR cameras are placed in secret locations. Police should end the mystery
...moreUK police plan to use CCTV drones overhead
CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones
Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the "routine"
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UK Airline passengers have 'no right' to refuse naked body scanners
Ministers ignore human rights advice and rule out option of pat-down search when scanner goes on trial at Heathrow next week.
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Admitted: Airport Body Scanners Provide Crisp Image Of Your Genitals
Apologists’ claim that devices “blurred out” sensitive areas proven fraudulent.
As part of the gargantuan fraud being
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Congressman: Naked Body Scanners Are Just About Harassing Passengers
Dangerous and invasive radiation x-ray devices labeled stupid and pointless by experts.
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Invasion of the Body Scanners
The concept of "stimulus" may soon take on new connotations in the days ahead. The federal government is poised to emplace full-
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BBC Hypes X-Ray Body Scanners
BBC promotes conventional x-ray technology to be used on only ’suspicious’ travelers at Newcastle Airport.
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Privacy Is Quickly Becoming A Thing Of The Past
New laws and regulations continue to emerge that enable the police, our public servants, to make privacy a thing of the past. The
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Pan-European ID Standard to be implemented across Europe
Secure idenTity acrOss boRders linKed, or STORK, is a planned universal electronic identity scheme is set to go forth after a
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UK wants power to demand encryption keys
Britain is considering activating Part 3 of RIPA, which would grant British police the authority to demand
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UK can now demand data decryption on penalty of jail time
A controversial provision in the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) allows investigators to demand access to
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Your privacy is an illusion: UK attacks civil liberties
The UK government continues to undermine its citizens' civil liberties, using everyone's favorite bogeyman...more
The DNA snatchers: Police arresting innocents just to grab genetic details for Big Brother database
Police are arresting innocent people in order to get their hands on as many DNA samples as possible, senior Government advisers
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What kind of country arrests innocent people to boost its DNA database?
Throughout the 12 years since New Labour began its assault upon our civil liberties, the response to those of us who publicly vented
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Texas taking DNA samples of all newborns
The Texas health department has been banking leftover samples of DNA without informing parents. The state has been doing
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ContactPoint database of 11million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears
Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy.
...more11 million children’s details entered in ContactPoint Database
Despite ever growing concerns over security details, the UK has gone ahead and entered the details on 11 million children into
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Mobile Surveillance - A Primer
MobileActive.org
Mobiles can be useful tools for collecting, planning, coordinating and recording activities of NGO staff and activists. But did you know
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Secret State Demands News Organization's Web Logs, Gets Slapped Down
When the Independent Media Center (IMC) received a formal notice on January 30 from the Department of Justice, demanding they
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Massive Gene Database Planned in California
The data will be compared against electronic health records and patients' personal information.
Plans for genetic analyses of 100,000 older Californians--the first time genetic data will be generated for such a large and diverse
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Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project
A fast-growing FBI data-mining system billed as a tool for hunting terrorists is being used in hacker and domestic criminal
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FBI building system that blows away fingerprinting
Advanced biometrics system blends DNA, palm, face and voice prints
TAMPA – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is expanding beyond its traditional fingerprint-focused collection practices to
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The Eternal Value of Privacy
The most common retort against privacy advocates -- by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other
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I’ve got nothing to hide, so why should I worry?
Too Many Cameras
You’ve heard this statement many times over the past few years. As surveillance, tracking, and CCTV use has become almost ubiquitous
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100,000 older Californians to be placed in massive gene database
Kaiser Permanente, a health-care provider based in Oakland, California is set to implement a massive gene database to
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How the EU is watching you: the rise of Europe's surveillance state
As ratification of the EU Lisbon Treaty draws closer, new research from Open Europe warns that the Treaty will help accelerate moves
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FBI migrating from IAFIS to a multi-modal NGI biometrics database system will hold DNA records
An expansion is currently underway that will develop the FBI’s current fingerprint collection database into a new biometrics
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NSA Supercenters to Store Americans' Private Data Permanently
The National Security Agency is building huge new storage facilities to store the unconstitutionally gained data on the
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Mind Your Tweets: The CIA Social Networking Surveillance System
That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and
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Spying on Americans: The Bipartisan National Security State
Telecoms Lobby US Congress
The bipartisan consensus that encourages unaccountable secret state agencies to illegally spy on the American people under
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Britain: Government anti-terrorism strategy 'spies' on innocent
Data on politics, sexual activity and religion gathered by UK government
The government programme aimed at preventing Muslims from being lured into violent extremism is being used to gather
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'Naked' scanner in airport trial
A trial of a scanner that produces "naked" images of passengers has begun at Manchester Airport.
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UK at Vanguard of Surveillance Abuse
In a further escalation of the attack on democratic rights, the Labour government of the UK is proposing a huge increase in
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