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1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 min. 11 sec.) ; 352422611 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*Just how much of our personal information is floating around in government and corporate databases? UK filmmaker, David Bond, decides to find out by disappearing for a month and setting two of the world's top private investigators the task of tracking him down, using only publicly available data.Once the bastion of freedom and civil liberties, the UK is now one of the most advanced surveillance societies in the world, ranked third after Russia and China. The average adult in the UK is now registered on over 700 databases and is caught daily on one of the four million CCTV cameras located on nearly every street corner in the country. Increasingly monitored, citizens are being turned into suspects. But if you've got nothing to hide, surely there's nothing to fear?When David Bond receives a letter informing him that his daughter Ivy is among 25 million residents whose details have been lost by the government's Child Benefit Office, he makes a life-changing decision and begins a journey that will see him hounded across Europe.Leaving his pregnant wife and child behind, David puts himself under surveillance for 30 days. The UK's top private investigators are hired to discover everything they can about him and his family, and track David down as he attempts to vanish.Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK, or do the state and private companies already know too much about ordinary people?PRODUCTION DETAILS:Executive Producers: Beadie Finzie, Maxyne Franklin, Jess Search; Producer/Director: David Bond and Melinda McDougall. Green Lions Productions |
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Broadcast 2011-08-03 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Disappeared persons.
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Electronic surveillance -- Social aspects.
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Government information -- Databases.
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Privacy, Right of.
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Private investigators.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Angell, Ian, contributor
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Garton Ash, Timothy, contributor
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Bond, David, director
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Booth, Phil, contributor
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Bunce, Simon, contributor
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Drieselmann, Jorg, contributor
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France, Annette, contributor
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Freeman, Daniel, contributor
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Kennedy, Helena, contributor
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Ryan, Russ, contributor
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Vanaght, Toon, contributor
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