Big Brother: Can your employer monitor your whereabouts? Business As businesses grapple with the current economic challenges, the support measures previously offered to employees during the pandemic are being tightened. However, as companies adopt more stringent monitoring practices, the question arises: where is the line drawn between necessary oversight and the invasion of employee privacy? Headlines have been lighting up over the last year [...]
Is real-life Severance here? Inside the offices microchipping employees Life&Style Is real life Severance already here? Anna Moloney talks to the companies using human microchips in the pursuit of productivity.
Facial recognition cameras in Croydon should alarm all Londoners Opinion The instalment of permanent facial recognition cameras in Croydon should worry us all, writes Big Brother Watch's Rebecca Vincent.
Digital IDs and biometric data: Welcome to Labour’s tech dystopia January 29, 2025 The approval of digital IDs heralds is heralding in a tech dystopia, and Labour is welcoming it, writes Silkie Carlo.
The surveillance economy: Employee-tracking software is a symptom of failed management December 2, 2024 Using surveillance software may deliver short-term gains, but it will cost employers in the end, writes Paul Armstrong.
The Notebook: Will workplaces start monitoring your Linkedin profile? October 21, 2024 Finance chiefs have chosen to leave Linkedin use unmonitored for decades, but could that be about to change?
Boom in Hikvision UK sales sparks calls for full ban on Chinese CCTV giant June 9, 2024 News that Hikvision's UK sales boomed last year has sparked calls for a complete ban on the Chinese CCTV giant.
The Notebook: How bank spying powers are being snuck into government bills March 25, 2024 Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, takes the pen to talk about how new spying powers are being snuck into government bills.
Growing security demands from oil and gas sector drives sales at Synectics February 27, 2024 Growing demand from the oil and gas sector drove sales and profits up at security and surveillance group Synectics during its latest financial year.
China ‘looking into’ accusations of sending spy satellite ballon to US airspace February 3, 2023 China said it is looking into reports one of its spy satellite has been flying in US airspace. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said China is a “responsible country” which has “always strictly abided by international laws” and “has no intention to violate the territory and airspace of any sovereign countries”. She added: “As for [...]