nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220412-131155-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220412s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220412-131155-0 doi eng 342 23 Rojszczak, Marcin Author aut Electronic Surveillance in a Time of Democratic Crisis - Evidence from Poland Rojszczak, Marcin Verfassungsblog 2022-04-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Polish experience demonstrates how a determined populist government, using the tools available in a democracy, can in a relatively short space of time erode legal safeguards established to control state surveillance activity. The understandable secrecy surrounding the work of the security services must not create an opportunity for the abuse of powers. Surveillance without adequate control weakens democracy, leads to a distortion of its principles, and ultimately, as the ECtHR has warned, threatens its very existence. CC BY-SA 4.0 data protection Poland privacy surveillance Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/os6-dem-crisis-pl/ raw object