15/02/2010

People of Wycombe: fight for your right not to be watched

Back in January, Alex wrote this blogpost praising Wycombe District Council for their approach to CCTV.

Cctv-camera We were particularly impressed with the Council's apparent willingness to hear the views of residents when it came to the dreaded one-eyed surveillance camera.

Well tonight is the night, and anyone in the Wycombe area should troop down to the main council chamber and voice their opinion on CCTV. Full details of the meeting are available here.

If you need any reason/ammunition for opposing the spread of CCTV, please do refer to the Big Brother Watch report into council-controlled surveillance: Big Brother Is Watching - available here.

Anyone who does attend, if you are keen to write a short summary of the event we would be very interested in taking a look at what happened and possibly hosting it on the site.

Wycombe: your fate awaits!

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15 Feb 2010 17:15:00 | CCTV

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Mishmash

Speak for England, Wycombe!

Posted by: Mishmash | 15/02/2010 at 07:06 PM

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