Mar 5, 2015 | Comment, Don't Be On A Database, Protest
The Supreme Court ruling yesterday that the taking and retention of the personal data of John Catt was lawful may have significant consequences for the surveillance of political activism. The judgment grants extensive discretion to the police in the operation of...
Mar 3, 2015 | Comment, Don't Be On A Database, Protest
This morning the UK Supreme Court delivered a ruling that amounts to what Netpol describes as “judicial approval for the mass surveillance of UK protest movements”. This decision is the result of an appeal by the Metropolitan Police against a decision in March 2013...
Dec 4, 2014 | Comment, Don't Be On A Database
Today was the third and final day of legal argument at the Supreme Court in the attempt by the Metropolitan Police to overturn a Court of Appeal decision on its ‘domestic extremism’ database. Judgement has been deferred to a later date. A summary of...
Dec 3, 2014 | Comment, Don't Be On A Database
Today was the second of three days of legal argument at the Supreme Court in the attempt by the Metropolitan Police to overturn a Court of Appeal decision on its ‘domestic extremism’ database. Today’s submissions were made by Tim Owen QC,...
Dec 2, 2014 | Don't Be On A Database
Today was the first of three days of legal argument in an attempt by the Metropolitan Police to overturn an earlier Court of Appeal decision that found the retention of a protester’s data was disproportionate and a breach of human rights legislation. The case...
