Bulk surveillance is always bad, say human rights groups
A band of human rights organisations have appealed against a top European court’s ruling on bulk surveillance, arguing that any […]
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GCHQ data collection regime violated human rights, court rules
UK’s spy agency GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, […]
Top Human Rights Court Denies Right to be Forgotten in Old Murder Case
On June 28, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights decided that Germany had correctly denied two individuals their “right […]
Brussels seeks to tie UK to European human rights court after Brexit
Brussels is seeking to bind the UK to the European court of human rights – which is entirely separate to […]
Brief case-law companion for the GDPR professional
This collection of quotes from relevant case-law has been compiled with the purpose of being useful to all those working […]
ECHR workplace surveillance decision “tips the scales” in favour of employees
18 January 2018 The European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) issued, on 9 January 2018, its judgement in López Ribalda […]
Store’s Hidden Cameras Unfair to Cashiers, EU Court Says
A Spanish supermarket’s installation of secret surveillance cameras to combat employee theft violated cashiers’ right to privacy, the European Court […]
Video surveillance at work breached employee privacy, ECHR rules
An international court has ruled that video surveillance of lecture halls where a professor worked violated his right to privacy, […]
European Court Holds Camera Surveillance of University Lecture Halls Violates Privacy
n the case of Antović and Mirković v. Montenegro, the European Court of Human Rights held that camera surveillance in […]
NGOs Challenge UK Government Surveillance at the European Court of Human Rights
On Tuesday 7 November, three joined cases brought by civil liberties and human rights organisations challenging UK Government surveillance will […]
European Court of Human Rights Hears Key Surveillance Challenge
European Court of Human Rights has heard 10 Human Rights Organizations v. UK, a legal challenge which will impact surveillance […]
Takeaways from the ECHR employee monitoring decision
A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Barbulescu v. Romania, no. 61496/08 affirms the right of […]