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Human rights group Liberty has requested a formal legal action against the British intelligence services for unlawfully accessing their electronic communications.
The group has lodged a claim on Tuesday over their suspected involvement in the Prism and Project Tempora privacy scandal with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) seeking a ruling on whether British eavesdropping agency GCHQ illegally accessed personal material.
The claim suggests that any unauthorized access would contravene Article Eight of the Human Rights Act – the right to privacy.
Liberty asks the IPT to establish whether British authorities used Prism or Tempora to bypass the rules governing access to personal material.
Its legal director, James Welsh has said: “Those demanding the Snoopers’ Charter seem to have been indulging in out-of-control snooping even without it – exploiting legal loopholes and help from Uncle Sam.
“No-one suggests a completely unpoliced internet but those in power cannot swap targeted investigations for endless monitoring of the entire globe.”
Documents leaked by a U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest GCHQ is able to conduct mass surveillance of the British public.
The agency is said to be able to tap into and store internet data from the cables for up to 30 days under an operation codenamed Tempora.
GCHQ is also said to have gained access to information about U.K. citizens via the U.S. National Security Agency’s secret Prism monitoring programme.
GCHQ have told The inquirer that it did not have specific comment on the Liberty issue, but instead reiterated its mantra on sticking within the law and said: “All GCHQ’s work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework which ensures that its activities are authorised, necessary and proportionate, and that there is rigorous oversight, including from the Secretary of State, the Interception and Intelligence Services Commissioners and the Intelligence and Security Committee.”
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