Sentences with phrase «phone and internet surveillance»

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As well as making it easier for the authorities to track individual's internet and mobile phone usage, the new law confers sweeping new surveillance powers on numerous government departments, allowing agencies including police and security services, the tax office, health authorities, benefits agencies and many others, to use malware and other equipment interference techniques to covertly monitor private conversations and access stored data.

The court decision represents a victory for privacy advocates in Germany and elsewhere, who have been vocal about surveillance issues, especially in light of ongoing leaks from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who disclosed how the United States had co-opted phone and internet companies to participate in large - scale spying.