The report coincides with the publication by the human rights group Privacy International of figures that suggest Britain is the worst Western democracy at protecting individual privacy.
The two worst countries in the 36-nation survey are Malaysia and China, and Britain is one of the bottom five with "endemic surveillance".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6108496.stm
Written in 2006 though. Wonders if it has gotten better...
