Snoop no more: Court rules against UK security services' free access to telecoms data

Back in 2016, the UK government introduced the IPA, defining and in many cases expanding the electronic surveillance powers of the British intelligence agencies, including Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), the Security Service (MI5), the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence. Quickly nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter by the media, the IPA allowed the state security agencies to monitor the publics’ private communications and personal inform