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UK: SURVEILLANCE: High court rules data retention and surveillance legislation unlawful

18 July 2015

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"The high court has found that emergency surveillance legislation introduced by the coalition government last year is unlawful. A judicial challenge by the Labour MP Tom Watson and the Conservative MP David Davis has overturned the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (Dripa) 2014. The judges ruled that data retention powers in the legislation were inconsistent with EU laws. The government has been ordered to pass new legislation that must come into effect by the end of next March..... they argued, were there adequate safeguards against communications data leaving the European Union."

See the full article: High court rules data retention and surveillance legislation unlawful - Victory for Tory MP David Davis and Labour’s Tom Watson, who said there were insufficient privacy safeguards, as judges find Dripa inconsistent with EU law (Guardian, link)

And see: Davis and Watson DRIPA challenge: Government surveillance law is unlawful, High Court rules (Liberty, link)

Plus: Judgments by HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE: DRIPA Davis (pdf) and: DRIPA Davis-Watson Order (pdf)

Also: Statewatch: Analysis: Mass surveillance of communications in the EU: - CJEU judgment and DRIPA 2014/RIPA 2000 in the UK (pdf)

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