of singapore has been rated as "an endemic surveillance society" in survey

Singapore has been rated as "an endemic surveillance society" in survey: The 2007 International Privacy Ranking survey by Privacy International (PI) puts the republic in the same category as UK, US, Russia, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. The republic scored the worst for privacy protection. This year's ratings were the same as in last year's survey.

The worst ranking EU country is the United Kingdom, which again fell into the "black" category along with Russia and Singapore.

Singapore:
- No right to privacy under constitution, though the High Court has ruled that personal information may be protected under duty of confidences
- No statutory protections, and has been under review for thirteen years
- Judicial warrants are not necessary for surveillance
- ID required for using ISP's
- Data-sharing with government is not necessarily on legal basis
- No workplace surveillance regulation as this is regulated under property law
- Some protections for genetic testing
- 'Biopass' is a passport with fingerprint and facial biometrics

Click here for the PDF version of the survey.

[via Guardian]