Security Cameras on the Island of Skye, what next?

The European Court of Human Rights has fined the British Government €7,500 for violating the right to privacy of the civil liberties organisation Libertyby intercepting their communications. Joe Fay reports

A surveillance society simply does not work, says Mick Meaney – but it is expensive.

Is the Home Office planning to use the London Olympics to limit civil liberties under the mask of providing security from terrorism? Marcus Morgan investigates.

From telephone records to biometric passports, from travel patterns to shopping details, it is now possible to build an unimaginably detailed picture of our private lives. Gathering this data without our express permission is not just unaccountable, argues Ben Hayes, but poses a threat to the fabric of our democracy.