Thursday, June 27, 2013

EU demands answers on GCHQ snooping...

The European Commission has demanded to know why Britain is snooping on a “massive and indiscriminate scale” and hinted at legal action unless the Government can prove that the GCHQ listening station operates within EU law.

Viviane Reding, the commission vice-president who is also responsible for justice and equality, has has called on William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, to respond to 11 detailed questions “by the end of the week”.

“I have noted reports that the UK authorities are accessing, collecting and further processing, on a massive and indiscriminate scale, personal data in the form of communications passing through the UK,” she wrote in a letter that was made public on Wednesday.

 “If reports are true these programmes could have a serious impact on the fundamental rights of individuals in the EU, including the right to privacy and data protection, the principle of proportionality and the rule of law generally.” Full story...

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