Use of Bulk Data by Intelligence and Security Services: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

Routledge eBooks, pp. 65–82

Abstract

Bulk data and its exploitation by intelligence and security services is one of the key subjects that highlights the need to balance the powers of the services with the law and different forms of oversight. The sheer necessity for intelligence and security services to collect bulk data and exploit these data in analysis is clear, although often not well understood. Meanwhile, the exploitation of bulk data introduces a number of dilemmas for a democratic society that warrant a thorough discussion and consideration of how the law and oversight can ensure individuals’ rights. This chapter aims at clarifying both the need for the exploitation of bulk data by the services and the related dilemmas.

Authors 2

1. Willemijn Aerdts Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University

2. Ludo Block Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University