Britain is 'surveillance society'

Britain is "waking up to a surveillance society that is already all around us," the government's Information Commissioner has said.

I have to admit that I find this quite something coming as it is from the government itself! This government (and the preceding Conservative one) has resided over the eroding of personal privacy, an in some cases, gleefully added fuel to the fire, reducing our right to privacy.
Meanwhile, people who have been watching this with a massive sense of despair must feel driven to say "I told you so".
I do...