Regulations governing access to intercepted information obtained by NSA breached human rights laws,according to Investigatory Powers TribunalThe regime that governs the sharing between Britain and the US of electronic communications intercepted in bulk was illegal until last year, a secretive UK tribunal has ruled.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) declared on Friday that regulations covering access by Britain’s GCHQ to emails and phone records intercepted by the US National Security Agency (NSA) breached human rights law.
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Source: theguardian.com