If you’ve got nothing to hide.....

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Recently released statistics show that the police have taken DNA details from 1 in 14 people in South Wales. Even though loads of these were later released without charge, their details have been logged into a massive central database. 3.3 million people across the UK have had DNA samples taken & logged by one of the 43 UK police forces. That’s about 6.7% of the population, (even higher in black & ethnic minority groups with 1 in 4 black men) & nationally the number of samples held on the database is set to rise to 4.25 million within 2 years. It’s obvious the Government is gradually expanding this database as the basis for a national register of the details of the whole population. This just goes to show how important it is for the powers that be to keep tabs on us at all times. We are already being watched by over 4 million CCTV cameras, some with facial recognition capacity,

keeping all our town centres & public spaces under constant surveillance. Biometric information which will be stored on a central database through the new national ID card scheme could soon be linked to facial recognition systems & CCTV cameras to identify individuals anywhere in the UK, or to compile a database of our movements without our knowledge. They say they’re watching us for our own protection, that if we’ve got nothing to hide we’ve got nothing to fear. This isn’t true! Surveillance doesn’t keep us safe from crime or terrorism. It creates a climate of distrust, fear & paranoia. Surveillance is always bad news for the marginalised, the disadvantaged, & those who don’t want some civil servant, cop, or greedy politician knowing every last thing about them.Peter H

 

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