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From CCTV cameras to retained data and DNA – we live in a society under scrutiny.
Under British law, access to retained data by police and local authorities is subject to no independent review or authorisation.
The Home Office is particularly worried by a section of the judgment that says access to retained data should only be permitted in "precisely defined serious offences", a definition it believes will prove too restrictive.
Carly Nyst, legal director of Privacy International, said: "Currently, under British law, access to retained data by the police and local authorities is subject to no independent review or authorisation.
The government accepted the act was inconsistent with EU law because access to retained data was not limited to the purpose of combating "serious crime" and was not subject to prior review by a court or other independent body.
The decision is first and foremost a simple one – that the UK must comply with European law which, according to the European court of justice's digital rights Ireland judgment, forbids blanket data retention measures that aren't accompanied by a strict regime regulating access to retained data.
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