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UK: MPs claim DRIPA breaches human rights

Posted on June 4, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Roberta Hughes reports:

Two MPs launched a High Court challenge yesterday against Government legislation which gives police and security services access to people’s phone and internet records on the grounds that it is “incompatible with EU law”.

Conservative former shadow home secretary David Davis and Labour backbencher Tom Watson and other campaigners argue the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (Dripa) does not contain sufficient safeguards to protect the public.

Read more on The Scotsman.

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