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You might be interested in Aritcle 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rig
by eisstrom 3y ago
You might be interested in Aritcle 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Conv...). It was recently used to declare the UK's mass surveillance unlawful (https://dpglaw.co.uk/european-court-of-human-rights-declares-uks-mass-surveillance-regime-unlawful/ https://dpglaw.co.uk/european-court-of-human-rights-declares...)
- andai 3y agoVery interesting. Does this apply to the Dutch "dragnet" surveillance law too? https://aboutintel.eu/update-dutch-dragnet-act/ https://aboutintel.eu/update-dutch-dragnet-act/
- jruohonen 3y agoIn principle, yes. In practice, no. National security is a matter of the member states. Note that the right to privacy is also in the Dutch constitution. From the little I know, the oversight mechanism in the Netherlands seems to be working to some extent but there are still plenty of caveats: https://aboutintel.eu/ctivd-bulk-datasets-held-by-intel-need-to-be-deleted/ https://aboutintel.eu/ctivd-bulk-datasets-held-by-intel-need...
- cccbbbaaa 3y agoSee also Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf). (side note, the ECHR is why European countries have strong privacy laws since the '70s.) The EDPS recently said that under the Charter, the infamous “Chat Control” would always be illegal in the EU: https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-watchdog-online-child-abuse-draft-law-creates-illusion-of-legality/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-wat....