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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

 First published in 2017, PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance is an attempt to collate relevant excerpts from these judgments and reports into a single principled guide that will be regularly updated. This is the fourth edition of the Guide. It has been updated it to reflect the most relevant legal developments until March 2024.The Guide aspires to be a handy reference tool for anyone engaging in campaigning, advocacy, and scholarly research, on these issues. The fourth…
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Content type: Long Read

(Questions/Réponses) La plus haute Cour de justice de l’UE a jugé que les régimes de surveillance de masse du Royaume-Uni, de la France et de la Belgique doivent respecter la vie privée

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Q&A: EU's top court rules that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy

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Content type: Press release

Press release: Ruling by EU’s highest court finds that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy, even in the context of national security

By treating everyone as a suspect, the bulk data collection or retention regimes engage European fundamental rights to privacy, data protection, freedom of expression, as guaranteed respectively by Articles 7, 8, and 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Caroline Wilson Palow, Legal Director of Privacy International, said: "Today’s judgment reinforces the rule of law in the EU. In these turbulent times, it serves as a reminder that no government should be above the law. Democratic…
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New court judgment finds UK surveillance agencies collected everyone’s communications data unlawfully and in secret, for over a decade

Key points   Bulk Communications Data (BCD) collection, commenced in March 1998, unlawful until November 2015 Bulk Personal Datasets regime (BPD), commenced c.2006, unlawful until March 2015 Everyone’s communications data collected unlawfully, in secret and without adequate safeguards until November 2015 We maintain that even post 2015, bulk surveillance powers are not lawful As the Investigatory Powers Bill is set to become law within weeks, we argue that the authorisation and…