For those who are interested, Privacy International have commenced legal action against the UK government demanding export controls on surveillance technology.
Privacy International has given the government 21 days to respond. If the government has failed to act by the time this deadline expires, Privacy International will file for judicial review and if appropriate seek an urgent injunctionpreventing British companies from maintaining and updating systems already previously sold to repressive regimes, and stopping any new exports in their tracks. More info is available here: https://www.privacyinternational.org/press-releases/privacy-international-commences-legal-action-against-british-government-for-failure Sent from a telephone. _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list [email protected] Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
