Secret Surveillance Rules Unconstitutional, Says Hungary’s Top Court

  • 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
Secret Surveillance Rules Unconstitutional, Says Hungary’s Top Court
Legislation allowing for secret observation on officials in positions requiring national security screening for 30-day periods twice a year is unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court said on its website on Wednesday.

According to the top court’s ruling, permanent surveillance and secret information gathering would disproportionately restrict the targets’ privacy rights.

The body also threw out stipulations that prevented target persons from seeking legal remedy such as an appeal to a relevant parliamentary committee against the monitoring procedure.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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