A tribunal has identified 'serious failings in compliance' by British intelligence agency MI5 from late 2014 to April 2019.
abc.net.au/news/tribunal-finds-britain-unlawfully-issued-surveillance-warrants/101910424British spies unlawfully kept people's intercepted data for almost five years, a tribunal has ruled, blaming "widespread corporate failure" at domestic intelligence agency MI5 and the Home Office.
The case related to data obtained in "bulk" under the Investigatory Powers Act and previous legislation, which govern the interception of data for national security purposes. But critics argue it grants police and spies some of the most extensive snooping capabilities in the West.
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