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Moray estate ‘illegally’ blocking land access, says MSP
Landowners have been urged to remove locked gates and a fence on paths at Loch Na Bo Estate, near Lhanbryde, by Moray Council and others. The Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society (ScotWays) and walking charity, Ramblers Scotland, said the estate had “ignored” its duty to ensure access rights.
Revealed: spycops infiltrated Scottish anti-nuclear groups
Scottish anti-nuclear groups were spied upon by the British state in the 1970s and 1980s, according to documents released by police to the spycops inquiry.
Reliability of police mobile phone evidence questioned after hack
Concerns raised after possible security flaws in mobile phone analysis technology used by Police Scotland emerge.
Deleted police records on thousands of Scots still held by other public bodies
Nearly 500,000 people have been removed from a police database - but other public bodies who received the records could still have them.
2,553 devices awaiting digital analysis, say police
Police Scotland had thousands of devices awaiting forensic examination at the end of 2019 including 1483 phones and 229 laptops.
Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police
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.
Police Scotland criticised over treatment of vulnerable informants
Officials raise concerns over "resistance" from some officers over the use of new "Vulnerability Assessments" for police informers.
Scottish Government departments failing on freedom of information
The efforts of departments in the Scottish Government to improve their freedom of information performance have been "disappointing", according to Scotland's information watchdog.
Big Brother surveillance could discriminate against workers, claim unions
Big Brother-style CCTV planned for Glasgow is a "very significant" threat to civil liberties and workers' rights, according to trade unionists.
