Privacy International mounts legal challenge to UK government's hack warrants

Dave Neal
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Judicial Review filed at the High Court in London

Pressure group Privacy International has filed a Judicial Review at the UK High Court concerning the government's use of online surveillance and 'hack warrants'. Privacy International has a lot ...

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