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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