Is the UK government spying on you? Here’s how you can find out

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

In 2014, the world discovered that US security agency NSA had been spying on the communications of millions of its own citizens. But what about over here on the other side of the pond? Has GCHQ been spying on us too? Well, now there’s a way you can find out. Rights group Privacy International has launched a new campaign encouraging people living in the UK to fill out an online form with your personal details, date of birth, phone number, email address and IP address. The form then generates a claim that can be sent straight to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which is a watchdog for UK security services. According to the charity, if you want to know if UK spy agencies have been spying on your phone calls, emails or the websites you accessed, the IPT is legally required to check and confirm to you whether your details are being held by GCHQ. Privacy International says that it cannot file the claim on your behalf, because IPT has decreed that every person or organisation concerned they might have been spied on has to make a claim themselves. So on one hand, it’s good to know that you have […]

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