{"id":259147,"date":"2016-10-17T15:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=259147"},"modified":"2016-10-17T15:47:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:47:46","slug":"uk-spy-agencies-broke-privacy-rules-says-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/uk-spy-agencies-broke-privacy-rules-says-tribunal\/","title":{"rendered":"UK spy agencies ‘broke privacy rules’ says tribunal"},"content":{"rendered":"
UK spy agencies broke privacy rules by collecting large amounts of UK citizens’ data without adequate oversight, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled.<\/p>\n
Complaints about data collection by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 were put forward by campaign group Privacy International.<\/p>\n
The ruling said some data collection did not comply with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).<\/p>\n
But it added that proper statutory supervision was put in place last year.<\/p>\n
It was a “highly significant judgement”, Privacy International said.<\/p>\n
As part of its review of the spy agencies’ activities, the IPT examined the organisations’ collection of communications data – involving the “who, where, when, how and with whom” was involved in conversations, but not their contents – and personal information about people.<\/p>\n
Such data is “vital for identifying and developing intelligence targets”, according to GCHQ.<\/p>\n
Article 8 of the ECHR states, however, that all citizens have the right to a private life and that any interference with personal data must be lawful and necessary.<\/p>\n