The human right to privacy enshrined in the Freedoms act of the "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union" is not a blanket protection against any fo

The human right to privacy enshrined in the Freedoms act of the "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union" is not a blanket protection against any form of spying on you but it limits the intrusion you can be subjected to (amongst other things). There are many things that we could consider in breach of our privacy that are still allowed within the law. With all the gag ordering going around it's becoming increasingly hard to even know if you're a target. As also pointed out, just because the UK has had a referendum on leaving the EU and they voted in favour of leaving doesn't mean they've left the EU. In order to do so they need to trigger Article 50. So far none of the UK politicians have done so as they're too busy quitting, backstabbing and running around with their tails between their legs. No one wants to go down in history for this. Even if they had triggered article 50 it is estimated to take anywhere between a year and two for a nation to actually leave the EU (this has never been done before so no one really knows). During that time they are a "silent" member of the EU, bound by all its rules and legislation but with no vote or voice in the decision making progress. It should also be noted that Cameron did not campaign to leave. He promised the referendum as a way to avoid his party splitting in two and in order to get (re)elected as PM. As a consequence he's now split his country in more than two. One could argue that this is worse.