Victory at the High Court against the government’s use of 'general warrants’
In a major victory for the rule of law, the UK High Court has ruled that the
security and intelligence services can no longer rely on ‘general warrants’,
which until today could be used to interfere with property, including
computers, of thousands or even millions of people based on a single warrant.
Key points
• A major High Court ruling today re-asserts 250-year-old aversion of
the common law to the use of 'general warrants'.
• The ruling means the intelligence agencies can no longer rely on
'general warrants' for certain forms of property interference, including
hacking.
• In the digital age, where a general warrant could easily enable
spying on hundreds, thousands or even millions of people, this is a major
victory.
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https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/4358/victory-high-court-against-governments-use-general-warrants
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