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    Friday 6 February 2015

    UK spy agency's Internet surveillance was illegal, court rules

    But now in compliance with the law - Investigatory Powers Tribunal December, GCHQ signals violates human rights.

    By Edward Snowden NSA surveillance activities vast troves of information disclosed.

    A senior British intelligence agency, until late 2014, the Government Communications Headquarters, engaged in illegal spying on a tribunal.

    Investigative Powers Tribunal to conduct its own investigation by the US National Security Agency GCHQ stopped collecting data on Friday ruled that it was unlawful. Tribunal NSA's widely criticized PRISM and other programs and data sharing through the US Agency through its partnership with the British agency, especially privacy and freedom of expression, access to personal information on individuals and found to have violated human rights.

    Since December, however, GCHQ get it and how to use it and the authorities details of the data, has been revealed by the rules, the tribunal said.

    said Friday that failed.

    GCHQ case, Liberty and Privacy International, including human rights organizations, were brought. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden positive PRISM program two years ago to the internet user to collect data on the company's extensive unveil details were leveled after being charged.

    Starting in 2007, PRISM technology companies initially by the NSA access to information from the Internet and to analyze the possible risks that allowed for a counter-terrorism tool was designed. The program, according to leaked documents, images NSA information from emails to chat allowed to collect everything. Is shared on the Internet that virtually everything has been collected through the program by the NSA is flowing. Data, reports, since it is in its own efforts to support the agency GCHQ was shared with.

    In support of NSA and GCHQ official data only with a warrant and for use in anti-terrorist activities is collected argued that while they want what they want, critics, positive PRISM for government agencies to collect anything that an unimpeded opportunity to anyone they want.

    More than a slap on the wrist ruling can not afford. IPT in recent years, while human rights violations found in the GCHQ, the Tribunal is in full compliance with the law of agency said. In a statement, GCHQ ruing its privacy guidelines according to the agency that actually shows that he believes "the decision mainly focuses on an abstract and purely historical problem," says .

    In this case, GCHQ, according to information on its activities to the public its initial unwillingness to share. GCHQ in his statement did not identify which information "two paragraphs", shared by this, IPT agency found "in violation of human rights law."

    Intelligence Agency ruling of the tribunal on Friday stressed the positive aspect.

    agency.The man continued, "We interception Court once again the bulk of the UK government is entirely lawful decision that they are happy," a GCHQ spokesman said in defense:
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