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Ever get that feeling you’re being watched?
Well if you live in, work in or pass through central London, you probably are. The Tube is not the only thing lurking underneath our capital’s streets, as this Guardian article and video reveals.
Westminster’s CCTV control room contains 48 screens with feeds from 160 fixed cameras and numerous more [...]

Following yesterday’s post on the child surveillance tool ContactPoint, comes the news that a London borough are to encourage parents to keep their children’s details secret.
If the communications initiative by the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea catches on, the Government will come under serious pressure to abandon the costly and controversial database.
Merrick Cockell, the leader [...]