Category: ECHR

business ethics Collaborative Consumption collective bargaining Deliveroo ECHR Europe France human rights IWGB union labor rights Lawsuit Netherlands online food ordering Uber UK government United Kingdom

Union’s human rights challenge to Deliveroo dismissed by UK High Court

sudshr47 December 5, 2018

A UK union that has been fighting to win collective bargaining rights for gig economy riders who provide delivery services via Deliveroo’s platform has had its claim for a judicial review of an earlier blocking decision dismissed by the High Court today. Six months ago the IWGB Union was granted permission to challenge Deliveroo’s opposition to collective […]

View More Union’s human rights challenge to Deliveroo dismissed by UK High Court
american civil liberties union Amnesty International data retention ECHR Edward Snowden Europe european union Government Home Office human rights Investigatory Powers Act mass surveillance national security Policy Privacy Privacy International surveillance UK government United Kingdom

UK’s mass surveillance regime violated human rights law, finds ECHR

sudshr47 September 13, 2018

In another blow to the UK government’s record on bulk data handling for intelligence purposes the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that state surveillance practices violated human rights law. Arguments against the UK intelligence agencies’ bulk collection and data sharing practices were heard by the court in November last year. In today’s […]

View More UK’s mass surveillance regime violated human rights law, finds ECHR