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GCHQ s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules -- Puppet Masters -- Sott net

© Government Communications Headquarters GCHQ The UK spy agency GCHQ s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated the right to privacy and the regime for collection of data was unlawful, the grand chamber of the European court of human rights has ruled. In what was described as a landmark victory by Liberty, one of the applicants, the judges also found the bulk interception regime breached the right to freedom of expression and contained insufficient protections for confidential journalistic material but said the decision to operate a bulk interception regime did not of itself violate the European convention on human rights.

UK spy agency breached human right to privacy by intercepting bulk communications, European Court of Human Rights rules

UK spy agency breached human right to privacy by intercepting bulk communications, European Court of Human Rights rules Luke O Reilly The UK s GCHQ intelligence agency breached the right to privacy by intercepting and harvesting vast amounts of communications, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The ruling comes after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that GCHQ and the NSA were intercepting vast amounts of communications from across the world. The Government Communications Headquarters is the UK’s cyber intelligence agency. It s website says it keeps the UK safe by combining cutting-edge technology with technical ingenuity .

Big Brother Shouldn t Be Watching: Rights Court Rejects UK Bulk Data Collection – Courthouse News Service

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. (Photo via CherryX/Wikipedia) STRASBOURG, France (CN) Europe’s top rights court found on Tuesday that a bulk data collection program in the United Kingdom violated citizens’ right to privacy.  The European Court of Human Rights held that British intelligence and security organization Government Communications Headquarters, commonly known as GCHQ, illegally intercepted communications data and failed to properly safeguard it.  “The court holds unanimously that there has been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention,” ECHR President Róbert Spanó told an empty courtroom during a virtual hearing. The court was established in 1959 by the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the civil and political rights of Europeans. 

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