The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has considered unlawful the GCHQ access to information gathered by the NSA through its massive surveillance programs.
The British intelligence GCHQ acted illegally in accessing millions of personal communications collected by the NSA, this is the judgment of The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) that ruled against the national intelligence agency and security services.The court established that “the soliciting, receiving, storing and transmitting by UK authorities of the private communications of individuals located in the UK, which have been obtained by US authorities” is unlawful and violated the articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which refer to the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression.
The “order” published on the IPT’s website early on Friday declared:
“The regime governing the soliciting, receiving, storing and transmitting by UK authorities of private communications of individuals located in the UK, which have been obtained by US authorities … contravened Articles 8 or 10” of the European convention on human rights.”
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