Spanish firm provides India with surveillance tech prohibited in the EU
A Spanish company has reportedly supplied India with surveillance technology that is banned for use within the European Union. The case points to a growing pattern of dual-track practices, where technology deemed too invasive for European citizens is exported to markets with fewer legal constraints.
Why this matters: This is how rights protections get hollowed out. The EU bans certain surveillance tools at home because it decided they are too dangerous for its own citizens. Then a company inside the EU sells those same tools abroad. The people on the receiving end get none of the protections Europeans take for granted. If a technology is too harmful to use in Spain, it does not become safe just because it is deployed in Delhi. Export controls exist for weapons. The case for applying the same logic to invasive surveillance tech is not complicated.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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