„In their current form, the Federal Intelligence Service’s powers to conduct surveillance of foreign telecommunications violate fundamental rights of the Basic Law
Press Release No. 37/2020 of 19 May 2020
Judgment of 19 May 2020
1 BvR 2835/17
(Federal Intelligence Service – foreign surveillance)
In its judgment pronounced today, the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court held that the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst – BND) is bound by the fundamental rights of the Basic Law when conducting telecommunications surveillance of foreigners in other countries, and that the statutory bases in their current design violate the fundamental right to the privacy of telecommunications (Art. 10(1) of the Basic Law, Grundgesetz – GG) and freedom of the press (Art. 5(1) second sentence GG). This applies to the collection and processing of data, the sharing of data thus obtained with other bodies and the cooperation with foreign intelligence services. At the same time, the Court held that statutory bases for the surveillance of foreign telecommunications can be designed in conformity with the Constitution.“
https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2020/bvg20-037.html
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„10 July 2023Brussels
Questions & Answers: EU-US Data Privacy Framework
On 10 July, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The adequacy decision concludes that the United States ensures an adequate level of protection – compared to that of the EU – for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.“
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_23_3752
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„The U.S. Intelligence Community is composed of the following 18 organizations:
Two independent agencies—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA);
Nine Department of Defense elements—the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and intelligence elements of the five DoD services; the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
Seven elements of other departments and agencies—the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence; the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis and U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence; the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of National Security Intelligence; the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis“
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic
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„Intelligence controls
Defence intelligence agencies gather, analyse and retain a wide range of information which supports Government decision making.
Australian intelligence agencies are legally bound by the Intelligence Services Act 2001 (ISA).
Intelligence Services Act
ISA provides the legal framework for the activities of the foreign intelligence collection agencies, including the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation. ISA regulates the agencies via:
rules about protecting the privacy of Australians
special directions from their respective Ministers
provision of oversight and accountability measures
protection of classified materials
protocols for the use of open source information
other general limitations.“
https://www.defence.gov.au/about/governance/intelligence-controls
