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Hm. I was aware that French law was kind of awful on this, but never investigated the specifics. As, say, a non-EU person, would I be able to bring suit to a Fr
by mananaysiempre 2y ago
Hm. I was aware that French law was kind of awful on this, but never investigated the specifics. As, say, a non-EU person, would I be able to bring suit to a French court (and, if that fails, to the CJEU) regarding foreign-intelligence eavesdropping violating my privacy rights? (AFAIU the US answer is that if I’m a foreigner on foreign soil I don’t have any of those).
- AlanYx 2y agoYes, you could bring a suit if you knew about the interception. However, like FISA s.702, intelligence collection warrants under the French LI and German BND are generally secret, so most targets have no knowledge they are under surveillance. All three pieces of legislation have an oversight mechanism in terms of oversight bodies who have access to secret warrants and are supposed to ensure that they are being used appropriately.