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EU Parliament: Citizens' Rights Still Endangered By Mass Surveillance
New submitter hughankers writes with this slice of a press release from the European Parliament:: Too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They urge the EU Commission to ensure that all data transfers to the US are subject to an "effective level of protection" and ask EU member states to grant protection to Edward Snowden, as a "human rights defender". Parliament also raises concerns about surveillance laws in several EU countries.
This resolution, approved by 342 votes to 274, with 29 abstentions, takes stock of the (lack of) action taken by the European Commission, other EU institutions and member states on the recommendations set out by Parliament in its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens, drawn up in the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations.
This resolution, approved by 342 votes to 274, with 29 abstentions, takes stock of the (lack of) action taken by the European Commission, other EU institutions and member states on the recommendations set out by Parliament in its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens, drawn up in the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations.
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR), article 7 right to privacy, article 8, right to protection of personal data.
That's just some of the ways the EU has jurisdiction here. It also has 2002/58/EC, 2006/24/EC, 2009/136/EC, etc etc etc.
http://loc.gov/law/help/online_2012-007949_RPT_PART_ONE.pdf
The danger is the people who are supposed to enforce this are turncoats.
Why, for example, should my visit to that URL be logged for surveillance? What business is it of anyones that I researched that URL? I didn't consent to it, I use Duck Duck Go specifically to reject Google's surveillance for example. Yet turncoats in certain governments, like Theresa May, are putting in mass surveillance laws that would permit warrantless searches for that URL. Why?