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2,553 devices awaiting digital analysis, say police

Billy Briggs on January 26, 2020January 27, 2020

Police Scotland had thousands of devices awaiting forensic examination at the end of 2019 including 1483 phones and 229 laptops.

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

Billy Briggs on November 11, 2019January 22, 2020

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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Privacy and surveillance

Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance

2,553 devices awaiting digital analysis, say police

Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

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

Privacy and surveillance, Human rights

Big Brother surveillance could discriminate against workers, claim unions

Privacy and surveillance, Crime and justice, Human rights

Spycops: judge rejects claim for undercover police inquiry in Scotland

Privacy and surveillance, Human rights

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

Privacy and surveillance, Crime and justice, Human rights

Police Scotland under pressure after landmark ruling on unlawful spying

Coronavirus cases in Scotland

Metal festival accused of neo-Nazi links moves to Edinburgh

Crucial services to disabled people cut due to coronavirus pandemic

Hundreds of police recruits ‘breach coronavirus rules’