On 07/11/2006, at 11:46 PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 6 Nov 2006 at 23:48, John D. Giorgis wrote:
An oddly on-topic article..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6108496.stm
And as ever it COMPLETELY misses the point. Yes, public areas are
covered with cameras. Private areas are not. There is the Human
rights act, and a right to privacy.
But, increasingly, your movements will be tracked, through card usage
and satellite vehicle tracking. They're pushing it as far as they
can. Good job the ECHR was enacted and ratified, it's restricted the
UK government's ability to breach privacy, and forced the Human
Rights Act to bring the UK in line with Europe.
America has no equivalent of those.
Other than the 4th Amendment, you're right. Privacy is actually more
weakly defined in the States.
Charlie
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