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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

The present law in Britain states very clearly 'the right to a private and family life'.

Last year, when the British government got caught collecting and storing data from peoples private lives, they found themselves in breach of The Human Rights Act and told to cease immediately and delete the information they had collected.

I suppose the question is, should the ECHR have jurisdiction over British Human Rights?

The problem is that the bit you have bolded has been exploited by terrorists in that family members have been indoctrinated and indeed terrorist plots cooked up within families. So while I agree it is a very slippery slope to invade fundamental rights, there equally has to be a solution to that particular issue. As a member of the security force, if thats where the majority of threats are originating from, I would want access to that data, otherwise I can't be as effective as I could be. As a family member, it is an outrageous invasion of my privacy