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The
Court
points
out
that
where
a
State
institutes
secret
surveillance
the
existence
of
which
remains
unknown
to
the
persons
being
controlled
,
with
the
effect
that
the
surveillance
remains
unchallengeable
,
Article
8
could
to
a
large
extent
be
reduced
to
a
nullity
.
It
is
possible
in
such
a
situation
for
an
individual
to
be
treated
in
a
manner
contrary
to
Article
8
,
or
even
to
be
deprived
of
the
right
granted
by
that
Article
,
without
his
being
aware
of
it
and
therefore
without
being
able
to
obtain
a
remedy
either
at
the
national
level
or
before
the
Convention
institutions
.
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