Introduction
Organization
http://www.privacyinternational.org/
The revelations of the last year – made possible by NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden – on the reach and scope of global surveillance practices have prompted a fundamental re-examination of the role of intelligence services in conducting coordinated cross-border surveillance.
On 30 June 2014, The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age: Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was published. 1 The Report recognises the relationship between service providers and surveillance and the increasing trend of privatised surveillance, noting: