Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio communications

Re:Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio commun... by eisstrom on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:25PM (#35966509)

You might be interested in Aritcle 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Conv...). It was recently used to declare the UK's mass surveillance unlawful (https://dpglaw.co.uk/european-court-of-human-rights-declares...)

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Re:Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio commun... by andai on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:20PM (#35967218)

Very interesting. Does this apply to the Dutch "dragnet" surveillance law too?

https://aboutintel.eu/update-dutch-dragnet-act/

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Re:Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio commun... by jruohonen on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @02:36AM (#35971948)

In principle, yes. In practice, no. National security is a matter of the member states. Note that the right to privacy is also in the Dutch constitution. From the little I know, the oversight mechanism in the Netherlands seems to be working to some extent but there are still plenty of caveats:

https://aboutintel.eu/ctivd-bulk-datasets-held-by-intel-need...

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Re:Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio commun... by cccbbbaaa on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:30PM (#35967353)

See also Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf). (side note, the ECHR is why European countries have strong privacy laws since the '70s.)

The EDPS recently said that under the Charter, the infamous “Chat Control” would always be illegal in the EU: https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-wat....

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