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by DanBC 4308 days ago
Councils routinely abuse powers under RIPA. Such abuses include spying on families the check whether they live in catchment areas for schools; whether they live in an area where they're claiming parking permits; checking whether people are throwing non-recyclables into recycling bins; etc etc.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8868757/Council...

(That article kind of misses the point of RIPA - councils always did that kind of snooping, but now they're required to work so a standard and are somewhat accountable.)

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"spying on families the check whether they live in catchment areas for schools; whether they live in an area where they're claiming parking permits; checking whether people are throwing non-recyclables into recycling bins"

People doing any of those things are absolute assholes and I'm really thankful councils are using CCTV to try to catch them.