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Data blunders can breach human rights, rules ECHR: “The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish government to pay out €34,000 because it failed to protect a citizen’s personal data. One data protection expert said that the case creates a vital link between data security and human rights.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Court rules 90s UK.gov wiretaps violated human rights: “

Home Office: What’s it got to do with RIPA?

Liberty called for an overhaul of RIPA yesterday after the European Court of Human Rights slapped the UK government over the way it applied the UK’s previous interception legislation.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

UK surveillance breaches human rights, rules ECHR: “The UK Government’s surveillance practices violate the privacy rights of UK and foreign citizens, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. The judgment follows a nine-year battle over phone and internet taps”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Liberty wins a minor European Court of Human Rights judgment against the UK Government over international telephone interceptions: “

Liberty Human Rights and their Irish equivalents, the British Irish Rights Watch and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties have actually won a case before the European Court of Human Rights against the United Kingdom Government, regarding domestic and international telephone interceptions. in the 1990s.

See CASE OF LIBERTY AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (Application no. 58243/00), Strasbourg, 1 July 2008

(Via Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk.)