How do you know whether the police or security services have looked at your private communications when they shouldn’t have? The lack of transparency about surveillance means that we do not know whether surveillance powers are being abused. One of the changes ORG is calling for is for people who have been placed under surveillance to be notified six months after the surveillance ends as long as there is no risk to an ongoing investigation. This happens in other democracies and would help the police and security services be more transparent about their work.