UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed that British authorities collect private emails and social media messages sent to or from countries outside of the UK. Hammond said that although the collection of this data was without ministerial sign off, none of the messages are individually examined without a signed warrant from him granting permission. Hammond added that the public should have confidence as Britain lacked the resources to analyse mass data.
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