CCTV surveillance of British citizens
OK, so its a bit late in the day but I’m finally catching up with this issue.
Unaccountably its something I’d not really engaged with – dunno why. Until now, that is. Over the past coupla months there’ve been a spate of articles in the press about this form of intrusive surveillance (mostly against, I’m pleased to note) and, perhaps more than anything else, these have brought the issue to the forefront of my consciousness.
So, as a preliminary skirmish with the topic I decided to do a bit of my own off-the-cuff research. Rather than post the details of that here (together with accompanying pics) I decided to create a dedicated page on the main site.
Check it out: “Say Cheese”…
-- fotdmike
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