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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by tome on Friday November 06, 2015 @07:05AM (#10519032)
> This country is one that had great laws for librarians especially after world war 2 which aided in privacy of the people.

Great laws for librarians?

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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by dijit on Friday November 06, 2015 @07:59AM (#10519189)
Librarians are protected from any investigation and library records are kept from the government.

You cannot investigate at any point, someones library history.

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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by darkr on Friday November 06, 2015 @07:58AM (#10519188)
I think he's referring to the public library and museums act of 1964, which enshrined in law:

* The right to shush people without prejudice

* The right to bear cardigans

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