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Privacy International welcomes the UK House of Lord’s Justice and Home Affairs Committee’s investigation and subsequent report on electronic monitoring.The UK currently monitors some individuals who have interacted with the criminal justice system, and all individuals released on bail from immigration detention, through fitted GPS tags and non-fitted monitoring devices.In the immigration context, the Home Office touts electronic monitoring as a less restrictive way to maintain contact with…
Content Type: News & Analysis
On 24 October 2019, the Swedish government submitted a new draft proposal to give its law enforcement broad hacking powers. On 18 November 2019, the Legal Council (“Lagråd”), an advisory body assessing the constitutionality of laws, approved the draft proposal.
Privacy International believes that even where governments conduct hacking in connection with legitimate activities, such as gathering evidence in a criminal investigation, they may struggle to demonstrate that hacking as…