Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will guard the guards themselves?
Breaches of our private lives are now a daily occurrence. These breaches can range from simple public record checks such as electoral roll and land titles searches about an individual which are freely available if you know where to look or if you are willing to pay for the service through online providers. Then we have the unauthorised access of controlled public information’s files like database and intelligence files by police officers for their personal use. Just ask ex bikini model, Renee Eaves whose police file was accessed by 300 different police officers a record 1475 times 1 since 2006 which she only found out when filing a request for "Right to information". Renee is currently suing Queensland Police Services for $400,00 in damages. From an official point of view to dig even further into how the government accessing our privacy, the police can conduct covert search and entry warrants whilst you are not in your home which are more commonl...