Jen Persson is a writer, a mother, and the daughter of a retired GP. The spirit of the NHS is in her blood. She writes at jenpersson.com and freelance and tweets at @TheABB.
30 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was born. But British children’s privacy rights are now being breached at a scale few parents are aware of.
From privacy-busting surveillance to poverty-inducing cuts, childrens’ rights are being trampled on – and as young people reach voting age, they won’t forget.
Child safeguarding is being used to get away with 24/7 surveillance. The government must not misuse 'child safeguarding' as a false flag in data protection, and apply new rules to everyone but itself.
Child safeguarding is being used to get away with 24/7 surveillance. The government must not misuse 'child safeguarding' as a false flag in data protection, and apply new rules to everyone but itself.
Lord Tunnicliffe asked in Parliament on November 20, 2014: “are these new clauses a licence for regulators to approve regulations that kill people to save money?”
