"In a previous December 2014 ruling, the IPT held that GCHQ’s access to NSA data was lawful from that time onward because certain of the secret policies governi

"In a previous December 2014 ruling, the IPT held that GCHQ’s access to NSA data was lawful from that time onward because certain of the secret policies governing the US-UK intelligence relationship were made public during Privacy International’s case against the security services. Yet that belated disclosure could not remedy the lack of transparency regarding the UK-US sharing prior to December 2014, meaning that all UK access to NSA intelligence material was unlawful before the Court’s judgement. " see https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/press-releases/intelligence-sharing-between-uk-and-usa-was-unlawful-tribunal-rules https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/press-releases/...