Our surveillance book has been featured on TV programme ‘Going Underground’

The Russia Today TV programme, Going Underground, has covered the book “The Private Security State - Surveillance, Consumer Data and the War on Terror”, in some depth. As you may remember, this book is the product of a large research project sponsored by The Leverhulme Trust, and led by Professor Kirstie Ball at the Open … Continue reading Our surveillance book has been featured on TV programme ‘Going Underground’

New book: The Private Security State

I am delighted to let you know about the publication of the book “The Private Security State? Surveillance, Consumer Data and the War on Terror”. This book is the outcome of a large research project led by Professor Kirstie Ball, at the Open University, and which I was part of. This project looked at the … Continue reading New book: The Private Security State

Balancing compliance and marketing relationships in the air travel industry

If you have flown in and out of the UK in the last couple of years, you might have noticed that you need to provide your passport details well ahead of travel. Yet, you don’t have to do this when you travel between other destinations, say between Lisbon and Paris. The reason you need to … Continue reading Balancing compliance and marketing relationships in the air travel industry