France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera and microphone to spy on people

A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.

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Wouldn't this breach multiple EU privacy laws?
- This is what I'm wondering.
  
  I don't think it does, as the GDPR does not protect 'criminals' or against the police using your data.
- There are exceptions for law enforcement/intelligence in GDPR. Those are particularly broad in the UK data protection act for example.

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