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The British intelligence services have for years quietly claimed the right to collect so-called bulk personal datasets (BPDs) about people, most of whom may be innocent of any crime. The practice was only officially acknowledged in 2015, and last year\u2019s Investigatory Powers Act was \u2013 for all its draconian elements<\/a> \u2013 supposed to at least ensure proper authorization and safeguards<\/a> for the use of these datasets.<\/p>\n

Well. The latest revelations from the UK\u2019s crusading Privacy International show not only that the GCHQ spy agency has been assembling databases of people\u2019s social media data by gaining access to private companies\u2019 own troves of data, but also that the agencies shared their databases with foreign governments and their law enforcement agencies \u2013 without the knowledge of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, the supposed provider of oversight.<\/p>\n

The revelation regarding the social media databases is new. What\u2019s more, when the commissioner\u2019s office (IPCO) found out thanks to Privacy International\u2019s litigation, it delved into the issue and found that certain contractors are given \u201cadministrator\u201d access to this wealth of information, without safeguards against misuse.<\/p>\n

Privacy International has been suing the government for years over UK government surveillance. It won an important ruling<\/a> last year from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which said that the British intelligence agencies had been breaking European human rights laws up until 2015 by failing to provide proper oversight for their bulk personal dataset and bulk communications data (BCD) schemes.<\/p>\n

2015 is when \u2013 having been found out \u2013 the agencies instituted codes of practice to supposedly stay on the right side of the law. Now the privacy campaign group is litigating at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to find out how legal the current arrangements really are.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Privacy International solicitor Millie Graham Wood had to say on Tuesday:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intelligence agencies\u2019 practices in relation to bulk data were previously found to be unlawful. After three years of litigation, just before the court hearing we learn not only are safeguards for sharing our sensitive data non-existent, but the government has databases with our social media information and is potentially sharing access to this information with foreign governments. The risks associated with these activities are painfully obvious. We are pleased the IPCO is keen to look at these activities as a matter of urgency and the report is publicly available in the near future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, what sort of social media information are we talking about here? That\u2019s hard to say with specificity, as all Privacy International has been able to uncover so far are broad categories such as \u201cbiographical details\u201d, \u201ctravel data\u201d, \u201ccommercial and financial activities\u201d and \u201ccommunications\u201d. The sizes of the databases also remain mysterious for now, but the categories give a pretty good idea of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

One of the documents published by Privacy International on Tuesday was an email from the president of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to the head of IPCO, asking the commissioner\u2019s office to clarify certain findings from its investigation into the datasets.<\/p>\n

In particular, IPCO will need to answer the following questions raised by Privacy International in its case \u2013 \u201cbasic questions\u201d that \u201cdo not appear to have been considered\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201ca) How many \u2018failed searches\u2019 take place, where data is accessed but no useful intelligence purpose is served? Have the Commissioners examined the failure rate?<\/p>\n

b) Have the Commissioners considered how the \u2018privacy footprint\u2019 of the use of BPD and BCD could be improved, and less data accessed?<\/p>\n

c) What technical understanding do the Commissioners and the Tribunal have of the search techniques and other data processing techniques carried out by the partners with whom data is shared? Are the searches and algorithms audited?<\/p>\n

d) How are the Respondents\u2019 artificial intelligence techniques (including, for example, the use of algorithms, \u2018machine learning\u2019 techniques, data mining techniques and automated decision making) audited, if at all?<\/p>\n

e) What examination have the Commissioners made of profiling, where information from multiple datasets is aggregated, in order to build a comprehensive profile about individuals and their activities?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s uncovered next could prove very interesting indeed, or at least tell us what \u201coversight\u201d really means when it comes to the activities of British spooks.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, Privacy International is also suing the government over its use of hacking. If you\u2019d like to donate to support this fight, there\u2019s a crowdfunding page<\/a> for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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