As Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, reiterated this week, governments, institutions and companies are garnering vast stacks of personal information through omnipresent CCTVs, credit-card transactions and the like.

• 本周，信息专员理查德·马斯反复重申：政府、共机构和公司通过无所不在的闭路电视，信用卡业务等诸如此类的渠道，获得了海量的私人信息。