See: Mass surveillance is counter-productive and ‘endangers human rights (Press release, link) and: Report (pdf): It calls for • "the collection of personal data without consent only following “a court order granted on the basis
See: Mass surveillance is counter-productive and ‘endangers human rights (Press release, link) and: Report (pdf): It calls for
• “the collection of personal data without consent only following “a court order granted on the basis of reasonable suspicion”
• “credible, effective protection” for whistle-blowers exposing unlawful surveillance
• better judicial and parliamentary control of intelligence services
• an “intelligence codex” defining mutual obligations that secret services could opt into
• an inquiry into member states’ use of mass surveillance using powers under the European Convention on Human Rights”
See also: Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report – Europe’s top rights body says scale of NSA spying is ‘stunning’ and suggests UK powers may be at odds with rights convention (Guardian, link)