(1) Liberty (National Council of Civil Liberties) (2) Privacy International (3) American Civil Liberties Union and Others (4) Amnesty International Ltd (5) Bytes for All v (1) Government Communication Headquarters and Others (2) Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (3) Security Service and Others
Investigatory Power Tribunal
Burton J, Robert Seabrook QC, Carr J, Christopher Gardner QC, and Rivlin QC
5 December 2014

Data - covert surveillance - US intelligence services - data sharing - interception of communications - interception warrants - national security - right to respect for family and private life - freedom of expression - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 sections 1(1), 2(2), 4(b), 5(3), 5(6), 8(1), 8(4), 9(3), 15 (2), 15(3), 16(1), 16(2), 16(3), 20, 21(4), 57 (1), 68, 69, 71 and 81- European Convention of Human Rights 1950 Articles 8, 10 and 14 - Intelligence Services Act 1994 Sections 2(2), 3, 3(1), 3(2), 4, 4(1) and 4(2) - judgment for the respondents.