The biggest shock of the past week was the internet community thwarting the Home Office to force extra time in the debate on snooping.
Two years ago, the Government introduced the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIP)
to gain an insight into and control over internet use.
The RIP gave certain organisations - the police, Customs and Excise, and the secret services - powers to collect information about how we use computers, the internet and mobile phones.
A fortnight ago, the Home Office issued proposals to give the same powers to everyone from the NHS and the Office of Fair Trading to local authorities and the Post Office.
An uproar among civil liberties groups caused Home Secretary David Blunkett to postpone introduction of the regulations and allow time for further discussions about its implications.
They will not be debated by MPs until the autumn at the earliest.
Stand, a group which lobbied Parliament against the RIP, had already begun a new campaign to raise awareness among MPs and persuade some of them to oppose the changes.
Two years ago, the group was behind the Adopt Your MP campaign, in which people volunteered to contact their MP to protest about the RIP legislation. It also introduced the Fax Your MP web site.
Another group, the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), has also been pressing people to fax their MPs about the proposals.
Director of the FIPR Ian Brown said: "I am appalled at this proposed huge increase in the scope of Government snooping.
Two years ago, we were deeply concerned these powers were to be given to the police without any judicial oversight.
"Now they're handing them out to a practically endless queue of bureaucrats in Whitehall and town halls."
Of course, privacy isn't so important for some people.
Ignoring the tried-and-tested method of going down to the crossroads and making a deal with the Devil one unnamed student decided to sell her soul on Ebay's online auction site.
Her efforts to score a golden goal by preying on the rich and stupid were thwarted when Ebay removed the item after bids had reached more than £100,000.
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