In a landmark judgment published last week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that several aspects of U.K. secret surveillance programs violated Article 8 (right to respect for private life) and Article 10 (freedom of the press) of the European Convention on Human Rights. IAPP Externs Katelyn Burgess and Towhidul Islam write for Privacy Tracker about the way the court arrived at its decision, noting that "It’s most significant impact may be ... the acknowledgment that metadata should not be treated any differently than communications content in terms of privacy safeguards."
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