My initial answer is "We'll, I've got nothing to hide ". However this assumes that you can trust the people looking over your shoulder.
The recent visit of SLDC to Ulverston Market Square convinced me that they don't trust the public to run their own affairs (Regarding dog fouling, dogs on leads, and keeping the streets clean. They think they should be given the job of sorting out the problem and not leave it to us.
Their record at doing this?
They told me they have got someone working five days a week here in Ulverston dealing with dog fouling and related issues.
What have they achieved? - Nothing - not a single conviction - what kind of message is that?
The message to me is that there are people who seek to be employed in order to run our lives for us when we are doing a far better job at it than they ever will. So back off will you.
We have a culture where people think that "they" will solve the problem. Well "they " don't do anything constructive but like councillors are good at creating a load of flannel that achieves nothing but is aimed at keeping themselves " in the manner that they are accustomed" and this doesn't mean money it means the ability to boss other people about.
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Dear friends across the UK,
Our online privacy is under threat from a new big brother bill giving the government powers to spy on what we do on the web. Public outrage has stopped the bill before and it can stop it again. We have just 48 hours until public consultation on the bill closes -- sign the petition to beat back big brother now:
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The last time this was mooted in Parliament it failed precisely because of strong public opposition. Our call to Cameron, Clegg and Home Secretary Theresa May can protect our privacy and save the Internet. We have only 48 hours left before the public input process closes -- sign the petition to beat back big brother, then forward it widely and all our voices will be sent to the review together on Thursday:
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According to opinion polling, more than 94% of citizens are worried about the government’s web surveillance plans, and former police chief Sir Chris Fox has spoken out against the law. But the government is trying to sell it to the public by claiming it’s a mere "updating" of legislation -- rather than a new onslaught on our civil liberties. This snooping legislation allows authorities to spy on us without justification and creates a dangerous precedent for future actions that could include restricting access, tracking file-sharing and monitoring specific websites worldwide.
In 2009, the Tories spoke out against a similar snooping law proposed by Labour -- let’s now call out their about-face and stop this invasion of our privacy in its tracks. Our wave of protest against the government’s big brother bill can ensure it’s dropped from the legislative calendar. Click below to add your voice, and it will be delivered before the public consultation closes on Thursday:
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From the dangerous SOPA/PIPA legislation in the US to ACTA and Internet freedom in India, Brasil and elsewhere, Avaaz members have defended a free and open Internet and pushed governments and big business to keep their hands off our web. Now it’s time to rally together again.
With hope,
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SOURCES
Q&A: UK plan to monitor all email, phone and and web use (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17590363
Government plans increased email and social network surveillance (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/government-email-social-network-surveillance?INTCMP=SRCH
FAQ: The Communications Capabilities Development Programme (Privacy International)
https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/faq-the-communications-capabilities-development-programme
Big Brother would like to watch you (Avaaz Daily Briefing)
https://en.avaaz.org/274/big-brother-would-like-to-watch-you
The surveillance state: growing under a coalition that pledged to reverse it (The Guardian)
http://afr.com/p/national/acma_eyes_piracy_claims_GeXBGicP0S24A77ohksfkK
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