25-06-2015 18:14 via feeds.theguardian.com

PM's envoy: international data-sharing laws insufficient for security services

Intelligence and law enforcement data-sharing envoy in treaty talks with internet companies, the US and other governments over co-operation in terrorism casesExisting international laws will never be enough to persuade US internet companies to hand over their customers’ personal data to the British security services in urgent counter-terrorism or “threat-to-life cases”, according to a secret report by the prime minister’s special data envoy.
An official two-page summary of the report by
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