U.K. Breached EU Law With Internet Spying, Court Rules
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Part of the British government’s historic mass interception of emails, text messages and other forms of communication breached European Union law, the U.K. Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday.
The country’s controversial Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act of 2014 improperly allowed the government to collect data for reasons other than serious crime fighting and without a court order, three judges at the London court said.