PART I: BACKGROUND
Part I of the Report (BACKGROUND) establishes the context for the
Review, explores the central concept of privacy and considers both
current and future threats to the UK and the challenges of changing
technology.
Chapter 1 (INTRODUCTION) sets out the scope, aims and
methodology of the Review.
Chapter 2 (PRIVACY) looks at the importance of privacy for
individual, social and political life. It charts attitudes to privacy and
surveillance as they have evolved over time and as they have
recently been captured in court judgments and in survey evidence
from the UK and elsewhere.
Chapter 3 (THREATS) looks at the importance of security for
individual, social and political life. It assesses the threat to the UK
in terms of both national security and crime, and puts it into a longterm perspective.
Chapter 4 (TECHNOLOGY) explains the basic technology that
underlies the debate, from changing methods of communication
and new capabilities to encryption, anti-surveillance tools and the
dark net.
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