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The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has found secret surveillance to be incompatible with European Union (EU) law. Privacy International (PI) challenged the UK bulk communications regime, specifically section 94 of the Telecommunications Act, which has since been repealed by the Investigatory Powers Act, for being incompatible with EU human rights standards. This judgement renders [...]

The European Court of Human rights ruled Tuesday that Britain’s GCHQ secret service violated the Article 8 right to privacy and Article 10 right to freedom of expression by obtaining communications data from communications service providers. The ruling comes following the complaints of journalists and human rights organizations over the bulk interception of communications, the [...]

A group of technology companies and organizations have sent an open letter condemning the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) proposal to secretly add law enforcement to encrypted chats. The letter from the Open Technology Institute—along with 47 signatories including Google, Apple and WhatsApp—details concerns about threats to cybersecurity and human rights that this proposed action [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) , along with three anonymous individuals, filed a complaint Monday alleging that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is violating their rights by sharing communications with the US National Security Agency (NSA) [official...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted four new resolutions, one of which creates a special rapporteur on the right to privacy in the digital age. Decided without a vote, the council...

Rights groups called Friday for urgent action to protect private calls and online correspondence after allegations that US and British agencies hacked into the networks of Gemalto, a major SIM card manufacturer. Edward Snowden allegedly leaked documents ...

The criminal division of the UK Court of Appeal on Thursday declared that some coverage of the trial of two terrorism suspects from London will be held in open court, but core aspects of the...

A panel of five judges for the UK Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that UK laws do allow for whole life prison sentences, despite a July European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit alleging fraud against the background check firm, United States Investigations Services (USIS) . USIS was contracted by the DOJ to perform background checks on...

Bytes for All (B4A) , a Pakistani human rights organization focusing on information and communication technologies, has filed suit with the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal (ITP) against the British government for its cable-tapping program, Tempora....