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for your thoughts<br><br>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/17/data-retention-and-surveillance-legislation-ruled-unlawful<br><br>"In their challenge, Davis and Watson argued that the law allowed the
police and security services to spy on citizens without sufficient
privacy safeguards.They said the legislation was incompatible with
article eight of the European convention on human rights, the right to
respect for private and family life, and articles seven and eight of the
EU charter of fundamental rights, respect for private and family life
and protection of personal data."<br><br>"The MPs complained that use of communications data was not limited to
cases involving serious crime, that individual notices of data retention
were kept secret, and that no provision was made for those under
obligation of professional confidentiality, in particular lawyers and
journalists. Nor, they argued, were there adequate safeguards against
communications data leaving the EU."<br><br>“So we find ourselves in a position where the courts have had to say to parliament, ‘Go back and start again.’ <br><br>If only we had a bill of rights as a backstop.<br><br>Robert<br></BODY>
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