The Guardian view on privacy: a fundamental human right | Editorial

Hundreds of German politicians have had their personal details leaked online. They are entitled to their privacyThe discovery of a comprehensive hack of private documents from German politicians, artists and journalists might once have been the subject of considerable outrage. Indeed, Angela Merkel’s spokesman described the attack as “very very serious” and it was not just the newspaper that first published the story which got excited. But if this was an attack on democracy, it