I have had a busy week this week so John Dickens has kindly stepped in and produced this article about the topical issue ‘covert surveillance’ (as some of you may have read about poor Anthea Orchard). 

Most of the time, in a public environment, most of us are aware (or should be aware) that we are being watched; this is now a generally accepted fact of modern life. However being watched in the course of one’s employment can raise a number of cutting issues and cause disagreement as to whether such surveillance infringes too much on the civil liberties of the relevant employees.