There is no widely accepted theory of what privacy is and what role it plays in our society. It can be usefully viewed as the protection of hypocrisy, yet what role does hypocrisy play in our lives?
The Digital Economy Bill now before the Lords is a matter of grave concern. The concern centres on two questions: what rights we should assign to ‘intellectual property’, and how
Ed Fordham is the LibDem candidate for the new seat of Hampstead & Kilburn. He asked Stephen Taylor to cover a meeting in Westminster on publishing government data. Here, in
OK in depth: Stephen Taylor describes the 'Transformational Government' agenda and the National Identity Register, which would survive the cancelling of ID cards, and should be of concern to us all
Stephen Taylor (London, 5jt): Conor Gearty accuses the Convention on Modern Liberty of inflating concern about civil liberties into a moral panic. His attack is a useful opportunity to dispel
