NSA accused of violating French privacy laws

[JURIST] Two French human rights groups filed a lawsuit [text, PDF;,in French] in Paris Thursday calling for an investigation into whether the US National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] PRISM program [DNI backgrounder] violated French privacy laws. The lawsuit, filed by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights League (LDH) [advocacy websites], is based on articles 323-1, 226-18, 226-1 and 226-2 of the French Criminal Code [text]. Crimes under article 226 are considered "offenses against privacy,"...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/french-human-rights-groups-file-lawsuit-accusing-nsa-of-violating-french-privacy-laws.php

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