Intelligence and Security Committee ignore the Data Protection Principles in its attempt to restore public trust in bulk data collection
20 March 2015
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Suppose you are on a jury in a case about tax evasion. What would you think of a defence on the lines: “the accused did not seek to circumvent the law”? Would you accept this statement and return a not-guilty verdict? Well this, in summary, is what the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has done. In its press release associated with its report ‘Privacy and Security: A modern and transparent legal framework’, the ISC states: “The UK’s intelligence and security
