A man wanted for seeking a bribe has filed a complaint with Belgium’s data protection commission alleging a telephone conversation was recorded without his knowledge, while in the UK, civil liberties groups have brought questions of the legality of digital surveillance programmes to court. “The extent of the intelligence services' bulk interception of online communications came under scrutiny for the first time in a British courtroom on Friday,” The Guardian reports. Nearly a dozen groups brought claims to the investigatory powers tribunal, which adjudicates on complaints related to government surveillance, alleging “the mass collection, storage and analysis of e-mails and electronic messages are illegal,” the report states. A full hearing is scheduled for July.
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