Pegasus Spyware Should Be Banned, EU Data Agency Warns
- Agency also calls on ban on development of similar systems
- Warning comes in the wake of repeated scandals over Pegasus
NSO Group offices in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, Israel.
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NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus spyware should be banned in the European Union, the bloc’s in-house privacy watchdog warned.
“The ban on the development and the deployment of spyware with the capability of Pegasus in the EU would be the most effective option to protect our fundamental rights and freedoms,” the European Data Protection Supervisor said in a statement on Tuesday.