The state will now have to inform people if they were spied on
Judge Roland Sutherland has declared that mass surveillance activities and the interception of foreign signals by the National Communications Centre is ‘unlawful and invalid’
16 September 2019 - 13:39
Sections of SA's surveillance law has been declared unconstitutional by the high court in Pretoria as it does not lay out any procedures for notifying a person whose communication is being intercepted.
The court further declared that mass surveillance activities and the interception of foreign signals by the National Communications Centre was “unlawful and invalid”. ..
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