EBritani wadlula umthetho ovumela "hlola" kubemi

Kwiveki ephelileyo, iBritani ebona umthetho omtsha eyamkelwe ngurhulumente yayo, apho, ngokutsho Snowden, ivumela "yokucupha abaninzi kakhulu abemi kwimbali kwedemokhrasi Western." Eyaziwa ngokuba "nguMthetho amagunya zophando", okanye "yokulandelela Charter", lo mthetho uyilwayo ivula-arhente zikarhulumente ukufikelela ukuba isixa esikhulu lwe data zobuqu enxulumene onke amalungu oluntu. Kodwa iya kugcinwa njani esweni yi-British ngokungqinelana nomthetho omtsha?

Isimanga, amagunya bokuphanda yenkundla, nto leyo umzimba kuphela iliso MI5, MI6 kunye GCHQ, zaye phantsi nokolula kwinyanga edlulileyo, ekubeni la maziko kule minyaka ili-17 idluleyo, olwenziwe esweni mthethweni. Ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba oku kuya kwenzeka kwakhona, abasemagunyeni baye bagqiba kwelokuba ngokusemthethweni nje iintlobo ezininzi zemisebenzi oyimfihlo.

Yintoni data zobuqu evulekileyo arhente yi

Umzekelo, i "Charter of umkhondo" ivumela amagunya karhulumente ukuba ukufikelela iseti data yesiqu, equka iinkcukacha ezifana nezimali, iingxelo zonyango, okuhamba kunye nonxibelelwano. Lo Mthetho osaYilwayo kwakhona ifuna ISP ukuba ugcine neloge kwimbali yokhangelo yomsebenzisi ngamnye kwaye ugcine loo nto iinyanga ezili-12, nto leyo eyenza ifumaneke-arhente zikarhulumente.

Zeziphi ii-arhente bayafikelela kulwazi

Uluhlu olubanzi imibutho ukuba ungafikelela kule nkcukacha, iqulathe izinto eziliqela-arhente zokunyanzelisa umthetho, ezifana imikhosi amapolisa ezahlukeneyo yaseBritani, kwakunye Imfihlelo Intelligence Service, GCHQ kunye neSebe lezoKhuselo.

Noko ke, le luhlu akayeki apho. Kwakhona kuwa ngathi-Arhente Food Standards, iKomishoni woNgcakazo, kuba Umsebenzi kunye Pensions iSebe kunye of Revenue nobungangamela bakhe, ukuba iSebe kunye Customs Service, ojongene irhafu.

amandla ukuthotyelwa komthetho

Lo Mthetho uYilwayo unika arhente zokunyanzelisa umthetho amagunya nanto ukuba ukungena izixhobo abantu likaThixo, kungakhathaliseki nokuba berhanelwa inxaxheba kwimisebenzi yolwaphulo-mthetho okanye abagrogrisi, okanye hayi.

Kuyinto kanti ukuba abaqhubi ngoku ke kufuneka asuse yonke ufihlo, ukuze kube lula ukuba arhente zikarhulumente ukufikelela kulwazi. Ngaphandle ke kokuba kuthatyathwe amanye amatsha amanyathelo asebenzayo ukhuseleko, kuya kuvula umnyango imigewu ngubani na ulwazi lwakho neyabo ngokulula ngakumbi kunanini na ngaphambili.

Akumangalisi ke, iququzelela yabucala kunye ntliziyo ayekhalazela oyilwayo, ngokuthi "umthetho yokucupha nakakhulu ukuba ukhe kuluntu lwedemokrasi."