On Monday, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) handed down a landmark judgement against the UK's MI5 secret services agency after ruling in favour of the latest legal challenge brought by Privacy International and Liberty. The IPT found "very serious failings" in MI5's compliance with legal requirements under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 relating to its retention, review and deletion safeguards for personal data from 2014.
Read the press release from Privacy International (PI) and Liberty. PI also published a Q&A document after its successful three-year legal battle with Liberty "uncovered long-standing concealment of unlawful conduct and massive over-retention of data by MI5." Additional commentary in the Financial Times (£).
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