Civil liberties group warns of EU surveillance proposal
News Statewatch, a UK Internet-based organisation that monitors threats to civil liberties within Europe, said on Wednesday that several European governments are deeply committed to bringing in universal surveillance of telecommunications within the...
[May 9, 2002, 14:20]
Fears over EU's secret surveillance plans
News Statewatch, a UK Internet-based organisation that monitors threats to civil liberties within Europe, said on Monday that European governments are planning to force all of Europe's telephone and mobile network operators and Internet service...
[August 20, 2002, 10:09]
Home Office backs seven-year data retention laws
News Patricia Hewitt, the former E-Minister, said in December that it was not the government's view that the NCIS idea should be implemented -- but Statewatch has it on good authority that the UK government has in fact been an enthusiastic supporter of...
[September 28, 2001, 15:54]
Bush lobbies EU to drop traffic data retention ban
News This isn't just Bush coming in cold -- this is the US putting its weight behind existing demands for data to be retained," said Tony Bunyan, editor of Statewatch. Statewatch has completed two analyses of the new measures affecting civil liberties...
[November 5, 2001, 13:04]
EU agreement on communications snooping 'unlikely'
News It doesn't look like they will reach a decision today," said Tony Bunyan, editor of the independent watchdog Statewatch. The Telecommunications Council in Brussels today will discuss the controversial draft directive on data protection and privacy...
[June 27, 2001, 13:19]
Anti-snooping gurus converge on London
News Notable figures at the meeting will include Duncan Campbell, a journalist world renowned for his work on the Echelon satellite surveillance network, Wayne Madsen of the US Electronic Privacy Information Centre and Tony Bunyan from the UK...
[September 19, 2000, 13:19]
UK to miss EU e-commerce deadline
News Tony Bunyan, editor of Statewatch, a Web site that monitors civil liberties, is adamant that the UK government has little excuse for missing the 17 January deadline. Britain will be one of ten countries to miss the European Union (EU) deadline for...
[January 11, 2002, 12:55]
Europe moves in circles over spam laws
News There is clearly a division in Parliament, which is not usual," said Tony Bunyan, editor of the NGO publication "Statewatch. The European Parliament's Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs has reasserted its earlier...
[October 23, 2001, 14:47]
Police slammed for 'hysterical' response to EU privacy directive
News NCIS is trying to pretend that the draft directive is removing a right that they already have, but they don't have this right to access at the moment," said Tony Bunyan, editor of the independent watchdog Statewatch.
[August 13, 2001, 12:52]
Ex-NSA expert warns of concealed backdoors
News The London forum saw presentations from a host of experts on government surveillance technology including Duncan Campbell, famous for his work on Echelon, and Tony Bunyan of Statewatch. Former NSA (National Security Agency) analyst and...
[September 25, 2000, 10:51]
Europe moves to monitor all Internet traffic
News Nothing can get through without the European Council agreeing to it -- this is the most major battle over civil liberties ever to take place in Europe," said Tony Bunyan, editor of the independent watchdog Statewatch.
[May 17, 2001, 7:48]
