British tribunal declares GCHQ's mass Internet surveillance unlawful
Amina Taylor
Press TV, London
In the end it’s a slap on the wrist for Britain’s flagship intelligence and security agency GCHQ. Privacy International, Bytes for All, Liberty, and Amnesty International who brought the case have welcomed the decision but want the courts to do more.Rights group say this is a partial victory as mass surveillance remains problematic.
The public are now far more aware that their personal details are being mined, stored and possibly misused by agencies who remind us that it really is in our best interest and pushing for even more for sweeping and far-reaching powers. Anti- surveillance and data mining campaigners want to remind us that the onus should be on the security agencies to prove they are not simply trampling over civil liberties.
The ruling states intelligence sharing up to December 2014 were unlawful but rights group want to challenge the NSA programmes PRISM and UPSTREAM and for them to be deemed illegal and the practice of data mining outlawed.In response the Home Office insists it’s “committed to transparency.’ Rights groups say they will continue with their fight to the European courts.
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