U.K Court Finds Government’s Surveillance Powers Unlawful
▻https://theintercept.com/2018/01/30/u-k-court-finds-governments-surveillance-law-unlawful
The U.K. government’s mass surveillance powers were deemed unlawful on Tuesday in a court ruling that could force changes to the country’s spy laws. Three judges at London’s Court of Appeal found that a sweeping data retention law, which allowed authorities to access people’s phone and email records, was not subject to adequate safeguards. The court ruled that access to the private data “should be restricted to the objective of fighting serious crime” ; the court also said that such data should (...)