Daniel Nesbitt

Daniel joined Big Brother Watch as an intern in 2012, quickly becoming promoted to Researcher in 2013 and Research Director in 2014. As Research Director he has overseen the preparation of reports on subjects such as: data breaches in the NHS, local government and the police; the use of communications data by law enforcement bodies; and social media crime. He has also represented the organisation widely in the media.

• Big Brother Watch (https://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/)
• About Big Brother Watch (https://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/about/)
• Fact sheets on the Investigatory Powers Bill (https://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/investigatory-powers-bill/)

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Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

• Written evidences to the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee (http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/publications/?type=Written#pnlPublicationFilter)
  • Professors John Naughton and David Vincent (http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-committee/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/written/26395.html)
  • William Binney (http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-committee/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/written/26854.html)
  • Coleen Rowley (http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-committee/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/written/26281.html)
• Publications of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee (http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/publications/)
• Notes on The Human Rights Act (UK) 1998 (https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/human-rights/what-are-human-rights/human-rights-act)
• Joshua Rozenberg, "Why are the intelligence agencies revealing their spying techniques?", The Guardian (03 March 2016)
• Alan Travis, "Snooper's charter: wider police powers to hack phones and access web history", The Guardian (01 March 2016)
• Michelle Stanistreet, "The government is using terrorism as an excuse to spy on journalists", The Guardian (14 March 2016)

Acknowledgements

• Music: "Chillout Me" by Antony Raijekov from his "Jazz U" compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)