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A Democratic Licence to Operate
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Chapter IV outlines the frameworks of legality and accountability within which
government surveillance operates. These are key aspects of any new, or renewed, licence
to operate for the police and SIAs.
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Chapter V reflects on the work of the ISC and the government-commissioned report of
David Anderson, both of which explore different aspects of privacy and surveillance in
the UK and make a number of recommendations for change. As these recommendations
are considered, we suggest the key questions which the public should ask and which the
current Parliament should debate. We offer our support for certain themes inherent in
existing recommendations, before outlining a number of our own.