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UK 'Emergency' Bulk Data Slurp Permissible In Pursuit Of 'Serious Crime' (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the finding-flaws dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Bulk collection of data from phone calls and emails by carriers acting under government orders could be permissible in the pursuit of 'serious crime'. That's the preliminary ruling in a case brought by Brexit chief minister David Davis against PM Theresa May before the European Union's highest court. The ruling suggests bulk collection and retention of customer data might not be in breach of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights -- if it's done legally and with safeguards. Davis with Labour Party deputy leader Tom Watson and others brought their case to the European Court of Justice in February.

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  1. Serious crime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > UK 'Emergency' Bulk Data Slurp Permissible In Pursuit Of 'Serious Crime'

    Such as copyright infringement of downloading a movie or album...

  2. What safeguards? by HBI · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the government does a mass data collection, the data will be used for purposes beyond that originally intended. Period. That is how governments work. Having spent the last 15 years of my life in the bowels of one of the largest governments in the world, I know whereof I speak.

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