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Wed 06 Jun 2008Violations only made worse by new plans for data
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The Government is planning an alarming expansion of its surveillance of citizens, writes TJ McIntyre.
SUPPOSE THAT someone was monitoring you every day, writing down your movements, making a note of everyone you talked to, copying the name and address on every letter you posted, and then storing that information for three years. Now suppose that every person in the country was under similar surveillance.
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