Tag: gchq
NSA and Facebook Work Together
‘Earlier this week the European Commission’s attorney Bernhard Schima told the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) the US-EU Safe Harbor framework does not work. The framework process supposedly protects personal data. In […]
GCHQ empowered to hack any device anywhere without terrorist, criminal threat – UK court document
‘The government has admitted to possessing far-reaching hacking powers to break into computers, phones and communications networks anywhere across the globe in the absence of national security and criminal threats, a court document reveals. The […]
Mass spying on UK citizens ‘essential,’ say MPs in landmark report
‘A Parliamentary report examining the mass collection of private communications by UK security agencies has defended the practice as “essential.” The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report, published on Thursday, said only a “tiny” proportion […]
UK admits unlawfully monitoring legally privileged communications
‘The regime under which UK intelligence agencies, including MI5 and MI6, have been monitoring conversations between lawyers and their clients for the past five years is unlawful, the British government has admitted. The admission that […]
Big Brother Knows What You’ve Been Reading
‘Every book you read on your Kindle (or Kindle app) and every word you highlight in those ebooks is recorded by Amazon and may be shared by the bookselling behemoth with the federal government. The […]
Privacy watchdog launches ‘Did GCHQ spy on you?’ campaign to allow citizens to find out if they were under surveillance
‘A new campaign by human rights watchdog Privacy International could allow millions of citizens in Britain and elsewhere to have data that was collected on them deleted. The Privacy International campaign, “Did GCHQ illegally spy […]
GCHQ’s mass internet surveillance ruled unlawful
‘GCHQ mass surveillance on the internet was unlawful, a tribunal has ruled. The spy agency breached human rights in the past in the way it accessed data from the US National Security Agency (NSA), according […]
Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report
‘Europe’s top rights body has said mass surveillance practices are a fundamental threat to human rights and violate the right to privacy enshrined in European law. The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe says […]
UK Snooping Laws: Legal Challenge against British Government. Confidentiality of Journalistic Communications
‘The campaign to protect the confidentiality of journalistic communications was given an important boost today after the European Court of Human Rights prioritised a legal challenge brought against the UK government by the Bureau of […]
British spooks tapped emails from UK and US media… and rated journalists alongside TERRORISTS as potential security threats, leaked Snowden documents reveal
‘British spooks intercepted emails from US and UK media organisations and rated ‘investigative journalists’ alongside terrorists and hackers as potential security threats, secret documents reveal. Internal advice circulated by intelligence chiefs at the Government spy […]
John Prescott turns detective after discovering his Jaguar has been BUGGED
‘John Prescott has turned detective after finding his Jaguar had been bugged. The former Deputy Prime Minister discovered the device hidden in his car when he took it to a garage because it had problems […]