UK accused of breaching privacy law; IN BRIEF.THE Government was last night accused of failing to protect citizens' privacy after the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community stepped up legal action over breaches of confidentiality Restrictions on the accessibility and dissemination of information. Confidentiality is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad). rules. EU law obliges member states to guarantee the confidentiality of people's electronic communications such as email and internet browsing See browse. by banning unauthorised illegal interception and surveillance. A Commission statement said the rules "have not been fully put in place in the national law of the UK". Now the Government has been asked to take action or justify its failure to do so, or risk being taken to the European Court of Justice European Court of Justice, judicial branch of the European Union (EU). Located in Luxembourg, it was founded in 1958 as the joint court for the three treaty organizations that were consolidated into the European Community (the predecessor of the EU) in 1967. . |
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