UK government security decisions can be challenged in court, judges rule

Supreme court says GCHQ’s hacking powers should be subject to judicial review

Government security decisions will in future be open to challenge in the courts after judges ruled that a secretive intelligence tribunal could not be exempt from legal action.

By a 4-3 majority, justices on the supreme court declared that the extent of GCHQ’s powers to hack into internet services should be subject to judicial review.

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from Data and computer security | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Q1JyyO
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