Juraj Sajfert writes about the Big Brother Watch and Centrum för Rättvisa judgments @EuropeanLawBlog

The European Law Blog hosts a new article by LSTS Reseacher and FWO Aspirant Juraj Sajfert ,  'The Big Brother Watch and Centrum för Rättvisa judgments of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights – the Altamont of privacy?' (8 June 2021)

How do Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger relate to the General Data Protection Regulation, the Law Enforcement Directive and 'surveillance by default'? Sajfert offers an critical analysis of two landmark judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: Big Brother Watch and others v UK, a case against the UK government mass surveillance regime and Centrum för Rättvisa v Sweden, an older case against the Swedish intelligence agencies’ laws and their mass surveillance practices.

You can read the full blogpost on the European Law Blog website.