Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security firm for US intelligence

Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by mywacaday on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:21PM (#21589709)

Spanish company, how far would they get with a GDPR request? Are security companies exempt?

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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by ThePowerOfFuet on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:29PM (#21589767)

The GDPR contains explicit exceptions for police and national security; see Recital 16, Article 23(1), etc.

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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by toyg on Thursday November 21, 2019 @10:17AM (#21594865)

They were not police, and unless they were directly hired by GCHQ or similar, they were not working for UK natsec either.

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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by gnud on Thursday November 21, 2019 @05:43AM (#21592918)

I doubt those exceptions cover spying on behalf of a third party who is not party to the GDPR.

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