WE WON. After a five year battle, the UK High Court agreed with us: general warrants defy 250 years of common law jurisprudence.
Read our press release 👇
https://t.co/95gvB26e5L
NEWS! 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:
https://t.co/mxqCCgP2fc
WhatsApp is suing surveillance company NSO Group after it found its tech was used to target users, including 100 members of civil society https://t.co/mKOAhdX6xk
About time.
Here’s some context:
This is why @ACLU, @privacyint & the University at Buffalo Law School’s Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic filed a FOIA suit to find out more about US government policies and practices regarding malware from companies like #NSO.
https://t.co/oRizLMeRNG
A landmark UK Supreme Court judgment opens the door for ordinary courts to consider legal questions on activities of the country's intelligence services.
@privacyint's @CWilsonPalow explains the ruling’s relevance on both sides of the pond.
https://t.co/DLoKiWwScn
May I present Privacy International, First of its Name, Breaker of Ouster Clauses, Scourge of Inferior Tribunals of Limited Jurisdiction, Guardian of the Rule of Law and Progenitor of Mountains of Articles in Public Law
We won! The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal is subject to judicial review before the High Court. The Court's judgment is a major endorsement and affirmation of the rule of law in the UK. https://t.co/TJuc5StX4k
NEWS! 🤩 today we're announcing a new area of focus at PI ✨
Building on our ~30yrs fighting gov spying & corporate exploitation of data we will be further investigating the role tech plays in facilitating & hindering participation in civic society
https://t.co/82AcDeNdjk
NEW deep-dive analysis of today's European Court of Human Rights judgment by PI lawyers @CWilsonPalow@scarletprim
The judgment says that UK laws allowing #masssurveillance violate human rights. We brought the case after 2013 @Snowden revelations
https://t.co/tNs8lLCmT2