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Originally Posted by philj
HI all, new member here greetings to all.
This may have been asked before so pardon me if it has. Wouldnt this technology be a breach of privacy under the Human Rights Act?
Maybe some brighter and up to speed could comment?
Phil
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Like many of the issues raised by this system the only honest answer is - we don't know.
There is no absolute right to privacy included in any of the acts or laws icluding the Human Rights Act. The HRA only refers to "respect" for privacy and it will require a specific ruling before it is established how those terms relate to this system. Such a ruling will only come as the result of a court case especially as BT's response to any questions over the legality of this system has been to state the they "believe" that it's legal rather than quoting any precedant case-law.
The one thing we do know is that EU commision is watching events closely.