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13.09.18

Surveillance State

Bureau wins landmark press freedom case at the European Court of Human Rights

Mass surveillance by UK government agencies breaches human rights by failing to protect the confidentiality of journalistic material, rules the court

23.07.15

Surveillance State

How do you prove you’re not a national security risk? One man’s experience of secret justice

Seven year quest for answers by immigration officer sacked by Home Office

06.03.15

Surveillance State

David Blunkett tells Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook: You must alert police when you notice ‘suspicious’ patterns of communication

But former Home Secretary says ban on encryption would be “meaningless”

04.03.15

Surveillance State

Supreme Court: Police retention of data on peaceful protester breaches privacy rights, but is justified

Court found breach was “minor” and police actions were proportionate

27.02.15

Surveillance State

GCHQ may be exploiting Bank of England cybersecurity regime for spying agenda, experts warn

Cambridge group says pen testing scheme allows GCHQ to learn “more than it needs to” about flaws in bank IT systems

19.02.15

Surveillance State

EU votes to use secret evidence in court as UK intelligence branded flawed

Rule change may make it harder for people wrongly added to sanctions lists to clear their names

13.02.15

Surveillance State

George Galloway, Tom Newton Dunn and others: A list of current legal challenges to UK surveillance regime

Recent cases filed in British and European courts.

09.02.15

Surveillance State

Former GCHQ legal director: Journalists’ communications not considered in RIPA drafting

Michael Drury says very little attention was paid to Article 10 rights when RIPA was drafted.

06.02.15

Surveillance State

Pressure on GCHQ to disclose internal policies after historic tribunal ruling

IPT says failure to publish policies on access to data collected by NSA was unlawful

23.01.15

Surveillance State

Encryption risks leading to ‘ethically worse’ behaviour by spies, says former GCHQ chief

Sir David Ormand also says agency reveals “large numbers” of software defects to companies.

23.01.15

Surveillance State

Move by senior peers to introduce a new ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ dubbed ‘ill-judged’ and ‘deeply regrettable’

But Lord West says “dark spaces” on the web are too dangerous

20.01.15

Surveillance State

Boost for press freedom campaign as European court prioritises Bureau’s legal challenge to UK snooping laws

Government must respond to argument that mass surveillance inhibits press freedom

19.01.15

Surveillance State

UK’s use of secret evidence in courts a ‘threat to rule of EU law’, report for Brussels parliament says

UK goes furthest in practice that is potential threat to EU rule of law, study finds

13.01.15

Surveillance State

A guide to state surveillance, the ‘snoopers’ charter’ and government hacking

The issues explained as government calls for more powers

11.01.15

Surveillance State

Thatcher and Blair Cabinet Secretary: Intelligence committee has ‘helped’ public by confirming GCHQ’s internet tap ‘Tempora’ powers

GCHQ’s continued stonewalling labelled a ‘farce’ when official report confirms its powers of mass surveillance.

09.12.14

Surveillance State

QC: RIPA codes of practice will not protect journalists from police surveillance

New legislation is needed says Gavin Millar QC.

05.12.14

Surveillance State

Mass surveillance regime does not breach human rights law, tribunal rules

No ruling on whether surveillance practice is proportionate

14.11.14

Surveillance State

First ruling on interception of legally privileged material awaited

In the first instance since the revelations in the IPT, a commission considers what bearing intercepted legally privileged material may have on a case.

06.11.14

Surveillance State

Intelligence agencies target and exploit legally privileged communications, tribunal hears

Government releases documents about policies that allow intelligence agencies to access privileged communications.

30.10.14

Surveillance State

Government to release details of secret policy on surveillance of privileged communications

Documents detail conditions under which government is able to spy on legal and journalistic communications.

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