ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the changing trends of terrorists with regard to their use and understanding of surveillance techniques deployed by the security services and the unique challenges that law enforcement and military agencies face in terrorism. Controversies over privacy have existed for centuries and have been brought into sharp focus by the advent of the internet and social media. There is a distinction to be drawn between the trust placed in private companies as opposed to the government, with research indicating that the government is trusted. However, concern has been expressed regarding the government’s use of data, in terms of recent profiling/leaks, perhaps compounded by the ‘Snowden effect’. The overseas transfer of data has been a hot topic of late, notably in light of the Snowden leaks and the case brought by a privacy lobbyist, which saw the end of the Safe Harbor regime, which legitimised transfers of personal data between the United Kingdom and United States of America.
