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High Court: Shin Bet surveillance of virus carriers must be enshrined in law

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(Worthy News) – The High Court of Justice ruled Sunday that the Shin Bet security service’s cellphone tracking of confirmed coronavirus carriers cannot continue unless the government anchors the highly controversial practice in law.

However, the panel of three justices, led by Supreme Court Justice Esther Hayut, granted the government the right to approve an extension of the tracking for the coming weeks, on condition that it begins the legislative process. In addition, the eventual law must allow journalists the right to protect their sources by preventing their cell phone data from being handed over to the Shin Bet, though the exception would be treated on a case-by-case basis, the court determined. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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