In a set of rulings today, the European Court of Human Rights found that the mass surveillance scheme used by the GCHQ-the United Kingdom’s signals intelligence agency-violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), unlawfully intruding on the private and family life and freedom of expression of British and European citizens. And the case included consideration of intelligence collected by the US National Security Agency shared with GCHQ.
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