To our knowledge, this is the first nationwide, cross-specialty surveillance study of acute neurological and psychiatric complications of COVID-19. Altered mental status was the second most common presentation, comprising encephalopathy or encephalitis and primary psychiatric diagnoses, often occurring in younger patients. This study provides valuable and timely data that are urgently needed

Apr 23, 2018 · The UK government broke EU law under the Data Retention and Investigatory The Court of Appeal had the opportunity to consistently apply human rights law to the UK’s surveillance practices, May 05, 2017 · The UK government is planning to push greater surveillance powers that would force internet providers to monitor communications in near-realtime and install backdoor equipment to break encryption Apr 16, 2020 · Syrian government surveillance campaign turns to spreading malware in coronavirus apps In the last month alone, hackers tied to the Syrian government have leveraged at least 71 new malicious Android applications using coronavirus lures. We are there to call an end to the UK government’s mass surveillance and unregulated data sharing. Aggressive and insufficiently controlled surveillance powers – whether inherently unlawful mass surveillance programmes like those Edward Snowden exposed in the UK and USA, or abusive targeted activities – pose a huge risk to human rights

In for a penny, in for a pound. The UK yesterday revealed US surveillance company Palantir had secured a £1 million contract renewal to continue its work on the country’s COVID-19 data

Jul 12, 2019 · At the time, documents leaked by Snowden exposed the existence of a dragnet surveillance program operated by the UK government, without a clear legal foundation, proper safeguards, and which also Dec 09, 2019 · How the UK government replaced disability services with surveillance tech From ‘telecare’ systems for people with disabilities to online-only social services, technology is having a profound impact on the lives of socially excluded people in the UK Jan 31, 2018 · The UK government’s mass surveillance powers were deemed unlawful on Tuesday (January 30) in a court decision that could force a revision of the country’s spy laws. The case was originally brought by the Labour member of parliament Tom Watson. The UK Government has failed to respond to widespread public dismay over secret mass surveillance revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013. The IPA will not only put into statute the capabilities revealed by Snowden but extend surveillance even further. This is not just of grave concern for UK citizens.

The UK government is basically planning to extend existing mass surveillance of all residents of the UK. We're not talking targeted, effective surveillance of people who are suspected of wrongdoing - we're talking blanket surveillance of each of us. We will all be guilty until proven innocent.

Prior to this, last October, Twitter suspended data access for Geofeedia, a location-based, social media surveillance system used by government offices, private security firms, marketers and others. TechCrunch understands discussions are ongoing between the UK government and Twitter to try to resolve the issue. Oct 15, 2019 · Comparitech has assessed privacy protection and the state of surveillance in 47 countries to see where governments are failing to protect privacy and/or are creating surveillance states. To do this we looked at a number of categories, from the use of biometrics and CCTV to data sharing and retention laws. Jul 31, 2017 · Indeed, the government has repeatedly sought to prevent our public courts from examining the constitutionality of these spying programs. In the wake of 9/11, our government irresponsibly expanded our surveillance authorities, ignoring the extent to which they infringed on our constitutional rights. May 14, 2020 · Proposal seeks to create oversight of government surveillance and tech in Utah (Alexander Zemlianichenko | AP file photo) In this Feb. 22, 2020, file photo, two surveillance cameras are seen in a To our knowledge, this is the first nationwide, cross-specialty surveillance study of acute neurological and psychiatric complications of COVID-19. Altered mental status was the second most common presentation, comprising encephalopathy or encephalitis and primary psychiatric diagnoses, often occurring in younger patients. This study provides valuable and timely data that are urgently needed