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by bobbydavid 4622 days ago
Is there any check/balance on the definition of "criminal threat"? Because that's a pretty loose definition a priori.

"We believe a terrorist exists in GB. That constitutes a criminal threat. To catch him or her, we need to run big data analysis on all communications."

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That doesn't follow - that wouldn't allow the export of European data to the US.