Proposed snooping powers are an incursion into our most basic rights
Slippery slopes are so named for a reason. One step might feel okay; a second, trouble-free. But suddenly momentum builds, and there’s no stopping you. The metaphor could not be more appropriate for the snooping powers that government is soon to take for itself – powers that represent a most aggressive incursion into basic privacy rights.
Soon, should the government’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill make it to the statute book, banks and financial........
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