The U.S. scores very low on protecting its citizens’ privacy, according to a new United Nations Human Rights Committee Review. The committee’s midterm report cards for several countries, including Bolivia, Hong Kong, Norway, Portugal and the U.S., look at how well the countries have adhered to and implemented UN recommendations on the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. In several aspects of protecting privacy, the U.S. was graded “not satisfactory,” The Intercept reports. Specifically, the U.S. government has not established an adequate oversight system to ensure privacy rights are being upheld, the report states.
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