A variety of influential reports and committees are moving surveillance issues up on the UK public agenda. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6479395.stm We will be able to address this issue soon through the Oxford Internet Surveys, with the fielding of our 2007 survey, which will provide systematic empirical data that will enable us to compare actual public concern with that of 2003 and 2005.