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France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on people(gazettengr.com)

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ChronoPixel@lemmy.world
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Wouldn’t this breach multiple EU privacy laws?

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This is what I’m wondering.

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I don’t think it does, as the GDPR does not protect ‘criminals’ or against the police using your data.

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There are exceptions for law enforcement/intelligence in GDPR. Those are particularly broad in the UK data protection act for example.

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