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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

UK's secret surveillance regime does not breach human rights, rules ECtHR

UK's secret surveillance regime does not breach human rights, rules ECtHR

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a claim that the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) violates the human right to a private life. The UK's rules and safeguards on covert surveillance are proportionate, said the Court.


It makes a change for the UK to win a case at the ECtHR. All of a sudden, the right wing newspapers are not screaming that these foreign and unelected judges have got it all wrong, and the UK should ignore the ruling...

I have something to say about this judgment, but it can wait.

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