|  | 
    
  
    | 
| The Stasi could only dream of such dataBritain, the birthplace of liberalism, has become the database state
Ash, Timothy Gartonhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jan/31/immigrationpolicy.politics 
 Publisher:  Guardian Weekly
 Date Written:  08/02/2008
 Year Published:  2008
 Resource Type:  Article
 
 As technology increases the flow of stored data about individual actions, assurances of the "right to informational self-determination" must be hard won from governments. Government surveillance of citizens has become an accepted 'counter-terrorism' measure.
 
 
 Topics | 
 
 
	    	AlterLinksc/o Sources
 
 
 
 
© 2025.
 | 
    |  | 
 
       
 |  |