Monday, 24 June 2013 08:47
'Councils in Scotland have been accused of abusing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Scotland Act (RIPSA) to secretly monitor and spy on thousands of unsuspecting citizens without court order, for a range of bizarre reasons including using the legislation to hide CCTV cameras at a primary school and in a bowling club.
A Freedom of Information Act Request has found that Scottish councils have have launched 1,500 spying operations in the past five years, resulting in only 32 convictions.'
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