Supervision of the wiretapping act focuses, among other things, on ‘dragnet’ and sharing data
The Ctivd, or the Supervisory Committee for the Intelligence and Security Services, has indicated on which subjects the emphasis of its supervision of the wiretapping act will be. This includes the so-called dragnet and the sharing of data with foreign countries.
The Ctivd has sent the subjects in a letter to the House of Representatives. This includes six subjects on which the committee intends to issue a report within two years. This period is related to the early evaluation of the new Wiv, also known as the tapping act or ‘trailing act’. The first subject on which supervision will take place is the so-called investigation assignment-oriented interception. This is also known as the ‘drag net’.
It’s no surprise that this topic comes first. The Ctivd says it focuses on themes that ‘have received a lot of attention in the political and social debate’. The second topic on the list is responsible data restriction, which has to do with the intelligence services’ obligation to remove irrelevant information as quickly as possible. The third topic is automated data analysis, for example using algorithms and models.
Other themes include sharing unevaluated data with foreign services and the way in which internal complaints are handled at the services. The Ctivd says it has complied with the recent request from Minister Kajsa Ollongren of the Interior to include certain topics when it comes to supervision, because these correspond to its own points of attention. The Ctivd can independently determine what research will be carried out.
The new Wiv will come into effect on 1 May. Last week, the cabinet published the legislative changes resulting from the consultative referendum on its implementation. Several organizations, including Bits of Freedom and Privacy First, wanted to stop the unaltered implementation of the law with summary proceedings. However, this is now taking place after the law has entered into force, as it turned out recently.