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01 Jan 2008 01:06 pm
The Surveillance State
Big Brother is watching you as never before - and those countries with the proudest histories of individual privacy and freedom have been among those most desperate to abolish privacy for the chimera of security:
In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, the US is the worst ranking country in the democratic world. In terms of overall privacy protection the United States has performed very poorly, being out-ranked by both India and the Philippines and falling into the "black" category, denoting endemic surveillance.
The worst ranking EU country is the United Kingdom, which again fell into the "black" category along with Russia and Singapore.
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The Surveillance State
Excerpt: Big Brother is watching you as never before - ...In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, the US is the worst ranking country in the democratic world. In terms of overall privacy protection the United States has performed very poorly,...
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International Civil Rights Group Ranks United States With Russia, Malaysia And China For Individual Privacy
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Privacy International ranks U.S. as an also ran in the art of Police State-Ism
For those of us who still have our heads in the sand, will we accept the objective view of those on the outside looking in?
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