Day by Day, Freedom Is Being Destroyed ; As Plans to Sell Council-Tax Data Are Revealed, the Director of Liberty Issues a Chilling Warning About the Big Brother Society

Mail on Sunday › February 28, 2006

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WHEN exactly do we start getting really anxious about the death of privacy in this country?

This is not a rhetorical question far from it. As director of Liberty, I shuffle an in-tray that invariably contains the latest tough talk and careless policy from the Government.

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Day by Day, Freedom Is Being Destroyed ; As Plans to Sell Council-Tax Data Are Revealed, the Director of Liberty Issues a Chilling Warning About the Big Brother Society

This includes arbitrary arrest, detention, summary justice, even allegations of torture all real issues for Blair's Britain in 2006.

So, inevitably perhaps, a little overzealous snooping here and there can seem to pale in importance.

Further, I don't consider myself to be paranoid or to fit the stereotype of someone...

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