"A burgeoning international attempt to rein in the mass - TopicsExpress



          

"A burgeoning international attempt to rein in the mass surveillance is taking shape. Led by the German government, a loose coalition of privacy chiefs from countries across the world is pushing to update an influential international human rights treaty that enshrines the right to privacy. German officials first wrote to their counterparts in other European Union countries with the proposal after #Snowden’s revelations about the sweeping scope of spy programs operated by the #NSA. They were seeking support for an attempt to protect citizens’ right to privacy in the Internet Age—and the effort is now beginning to gather momentum." slate/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/26/article_17_surveillance_update_countries_want_digital_privacy_in_the_iccpr.html
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:19:44 +0000

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