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Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police

Billy Briggs on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Victims of sexual violence are being forced to spend hundreds of pounds on mobile phones seized by the police, prompting calls for urgent action to halt the billing.

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Police Scotland criticised over treatment of vulnerable informants

Ally Tibbitt on September 20, 2019October 22, 2019

Officials raise concerns over "resistance" from some officers over the use of new "Vulnerability Assessments" for police informers.

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Scottish Government departments failing on freedom of information

Rob Edwards on August 1, 2019August 2, 2019

The efforts of departments in the Scottish Government to improve their freedom of information performance have been "disappointing", according to Scotland's information watchdog.

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Big Brother surveillance could discriminate against workers, claim unions

Billy Briggs on July 17, 2019July 20, 2019

Big Brother-style CCTV planned for Glasgow is a "very significant" threat to civil liberties and workers' rights, according to trade unionists.

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Former police officer has complaint upheld against Scottish Police Authority

Billy Briggs on January 25, 2019April 6, 2019

Former officer Karen Harper requested information that the Scottish Police Authority held about her on file.

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Spycops: judge rejects claim for undercover police inquiry in Scotland

Billy Briggs on November 21, 2018April 6, 2019

An environmental campaigner targeted by police has failed to persuade a judge that an undercover policing inquiry should be extended to cover Scotland.

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Scotland’s former police chief sanctioned spycop who duped women into sex

Billy Briggs on October 15, 2018April 6, 2019

Scotland’s former police chief personally signed off an undercover operation which involved an officer duping a woman into sex.

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Police Scotland under pressure after landmark ruling on unlawful spying

Billy Briggs on September 15, 2018April 6, 2019

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

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Biometrics watchdog will lack powers, say critics

Ally Tibbitt on July 23, 2018August 19, 2019

Government plans to appoint an independent watchdog to monitor how facial recognition, fingerprints and genetic materials are used in Scotland have been criticised.

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Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police

Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance

Police Scotland criticised over treatment of vulnerable informants

Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Big Brother surveillance could discriminate against workers, claim unions

Crime and justice, Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Spycops: judge rejects claim for undercover police inquiry in Scotland

Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Scotland’s former police chief sanctioned spycop who duped women into sex

Crime and justice, Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Police Scotland under pressure after landmark ruling on unlawful spying

Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance

Biometrics watchdog will lack powers, say critics

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

UK tried “diplomatic blackmail” to force Mandela to buy Scottish warships

Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer