The UK High Court has ruled that part of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (nicknamed Snoopers’ Charter) is incompatible with European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights and, therefore, unlawful. The section in question is Part 4 – Retention of Communications Data – in particular the power given to the Secretary of State to issue “retention notices” to telecommunications operators requiring the retention of relevant communications data (but not its contents), as well as location data and internet use history.

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