President Duda signs surveillance bill into law

President Andrzej Duda signed the new invigilation bill into law on Thursday. The measure was created as a result of a ruling by the Constitutional Court in July 2014, which deemed the previous law unconstitutional. The amendments to the new law give greater freedom to government workers and public services in their acquisition of data. This has attracted some controversy, with government ombudsman Adam Bodnar declaring on the same day that he will file a complaint with the Constitutional Court about certain subsections of the bill. The law will come into life on February 7th.