Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance
Former police officer has complaint upheld against Scottish Police Authority
Former officer Karen Harper requested information that the Scottish Police Authority held about her on file.
Privacy and surveillance
Crime and justice, Human rights, Privacy and surveillance
Spycops: judge rejects claim for undercover police inquiry in Scotland
An environmental campaigner targeted by police has failed to persuade a judge that an undercover policing inquiry should be extended to cover Scotland.
Human rights, Privacy and surveillance
Scotland’s former police chief sanctioned spycop who duped women into sex
Scotland’s former police chief personally signed off an undercover operation which involved an officer duping a woman into sex.
Crime and justice, Human rights, Privacy and surveillance
Police Scotland under pressure after landmark ruling on unlawful spying
A landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) this week said that GCHQ’s methods in carrying out bulk interception of online communications, violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards
Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance
Biometrics watchdog will lack powers, say critics
Government plans to appoint an independent watchdog to monitor how facial recognition, fingerprints and genetic materials are used in Scotland have been criticised.
Human rights, Privacy and surveillance
Police criticised for million pound spend on mobile phone cracking tools
Police Scotland have admitted that they have not fully considered the privacy or human rights implications of new mobile phone analysis tools that are to be used throughout Scotland.
Politics, Privacy and surveillance
Electronic voting could pose security risk in Scotland, claim campaigners
Scottish Government proposals for the introduction of electronic voting could leave Scotland vulnerable to election interference by foreign agents, campaigners have claimed.
Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance
Cyber attacks result in Scots councils losing sensitive data
Cyber attacks have resulted in data breaches and losses at three Scottish councils, according to a new report that reveals the extraordinary scale of security threats faced by local authorities.
Privacy and surveillance
UK spy agencies share social media data with foreign governments, say critics
Millions of Facebook and Twitter accounts may have been analysed by UK intelligence agencies and personal data shared with foreign governments and corporations, according to privacy campaigners.