UK security services claimed not to break the law in accessing personal data through the US Prism programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23341597 The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) examined a list of ‘selectors’ (such as email addresses) that requested information on a list of UK nationals or individuals who were under surveillance. ”The legal authority for this is contained in the Intelligence Services Act 1994.” Members of the committee also met the US National Security Agency (NSA) and their Congressional counterparts to discuss Prism on a recent trip to the US.
While the committee found that Government Communications Headquarters ( GCHQ) had acted within the law, it expressed concern that legal frameworks in some areas were expressed in “general terms”.
