Surveillance in UK Law
Legislation
- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2018
- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Amendment) Order 2015
- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Surveillance and Property Interference: Code of Practice) Order 2014
- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Surveillance and Property Interference – Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2018
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Books & Journal Articles
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Limits on surveillance: Frictions, fragilities and failures in the operation of camera surveillance
Public video surveillance tends to be discussed in either utopian or dystopian terms: proponents maintain that camera surveillance is the perfect tool in the fight against crime, while critics argu...
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Wearable surveillance – a step too far?
Purpose: – This paper aims to look at the benefits, risks and ethics behind introducing wearable sensors into the workplace. There are expected to be more than three billion wearable sensors worldw...
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Surveillance following Snowden: a major challenge in Spain
Purpose: This study aims to analyse the impacts of Edward Snowden’s revelations in Spain focusing on issues of privacy and state surveillance. This research takes into consideration the Spanish con...
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The Panopticon Effect: the surveillance of police officers
Purpose: – Police officers from a police force in Australia were interviewed about the types and level of surveillance they experience in their work, with the recognition of technology contributing...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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UK Surveillance Bill Becomes Law
On November 29, 2016, the United Kingdom’s controversial surveillance bill received royal assent and officially became law. The nearly 300-page law, known as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, rep...
- FIA Offers Guidelines For MAR Surveillance Requirements
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Researchers aim to improve Clostridium perfringens surveillance
Whole genome sequencing can improve surveillance and control of Clostridium perfringens, say researchers. Clostridium perfringens bacteria are responsible for an estimated 80,000 cases of diarrhea ...
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Surveillance reports may not be privileged
A dispute about the use of private investigators highlights some attendant risks, in particular the possibility that the report generated may not be privileged: Gerrard & Gerrard v Eurasian Nat...
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