back to article Privacy bods win court battle: UK HMRC must 'reconsider' silence over FinSpy spyware probe

A campaign group has successfully applied for a judicial review after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs' refused to disclose details of any investigation into a firm accused of selling spyware to oppressive regimes. The High Court in London has now ruled (PDF) that HMRC has to rethink its decision and address Privacy …

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  1. JaitcH
    Happy

    A firm accused of selling spyware to "oppressive regimes"

    The term "oppressive regimes" encompasses so many of the leading nations of the world.

    Countries such as China, the UK and the USA for starters. I seem to remember our friend ASSAD had a system in SYRIA, too.

    This will make Harris Corporation of Florida happy, too, as they will get some more sales leads. Does STINGRAY ring a bell (or cell)?

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Obviously...

    ... there are some well-connected people who are trying to avoid (or evade) embarrassment.

  3. Dan 55 Silver badge
    WTF?

    Ha ha ha

    "exempt from disclosure because it was provided to the Department in confidence and that release would constitute a breach of confidence actionable in court," said HMRC... as it planned to sell everybody's financial data.

    1. Evan Essence

      Re: Ha ha ha

      Ha ha ha, indeed.

      There's still time to sign the 38 Degrees petition before it's handed in to HMRC tomorrow. Over 250,000 signatures!

  4. I Am Spartacus
    Black Helicopters

    Love the terminology

    In the linked PDF on wikileaks, it says that if you run out of licenses, you can purchase more, or you can remove the software from a target machine.

    But the terminology is at least honest: "disinfect from a target".

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