August 1, 2007

Data retention for one year for UK telecom companies

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The transposition into the UK law of most part of the EU Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC) was approved on 24 July 2007 by the House of Lords and signed the next day by the Home Secretary. The approval followed after a period of public consultation proposed by […]

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September 13, 2006

ENDitorial : Fighting Mass Surveillance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Digital Rights Ireland was established last year to further civil rights in the Digital Age. We are challenging the European Institutions and the Irish government through the courts to stop their program of mass surveillance of citizens. Our litigation will have an impact on digital rights across […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Denmark: Government postpones the data retention law evaluation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänemark: Regierung verschiebt Evaluierung des VDS-Gesetzes | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Daenemark_Regierung_verschiebt_Evaluierung_des_VDS-Gesetzes?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] In the coming months, the Danish Parliament will conduct an evaluation and revision of the Danish data retention law which implements directive 2006/24/EC. The review process has been postponed twice on earlier occasions (2010 and 2012), and the Danish government […]

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May 23, 2012

Romanian Parliament adopts the data retention law. Again.

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänien: Parlament verabschiedet Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung. Schon wieder. | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Rumaenien_Parlament_verabschiedet_Gesetz_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] On 22 May 2012, the lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament adopted the new draft law on data retention with 197 votes for the proposal and only 18 against it. The Chamber of Deputies has 332 members, so […]

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June 15, 2011

European Commission consults with civil society on data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Europäische Kommission berät sich mit Zivilgesellschaft | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_Kommission_beraet_mit_Zivilgesellschaft?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] Last week, the European Commission held the first of its series of consultation meetings with different groups of stakeholders on the revision of the infamous Data Retention Directive. The first meeting was with the “civil society”, including representatives of […]

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October 24, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

CJEU introduces new criteria for law enforcement to access data

On 2 October 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a new ruling in the “Ministerio Fiscal” case on access to data retained by electronic communications service providers under the scope the ePrivacy Directive.

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November 16, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

Advocate General recklessly calls for watering down privacy protections

On 27 October, the Advocate General (AG) Szpunar of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) released his opinion on the French ‘HADOPI’ system against online copyright infringements. The case has potentially important implications for the ongoing political debate on data retention by private companies for access by law enforcement authorities.

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May 4, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Portugal: Constitutional Court strikes data retention down

On 19 April 2022, at the request of the Ombudsperson, the Portuguese Constitutional Court declared the unconstitutionality of the Portuguese data retention law.

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May 7, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

The blanket collection of metadata on communications in the Czech Republic is illegal. Iuridicum Remedium wins data retention dispute.

The Municipal Court in Prague ruled in a dispute that lasted more than four years. EDRi member IuRe represented journalist Jan Cibulka in the case. He demanded an apology from the state for the Czech state collecting information about his whereabouts or with whom he calls and writes under the data retention regulation.

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February 15, 2006

Dispute over data retention costs in Czech Republic

The Czech authorities are currently in a debate with telecommunication companies over the exact amounts they will have to pay to reimburse the costs related to the new data retention legislation that came into force at the middle of the last year. The Czech republic already adopted data retention legislation in the middle of 2005, […]

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April 9, 2014 · Blogs

Data Retention ruled invalid: what does this mean for Kosovo?

The European Court of Justice published on on 8 April its verdict on the Data Retention Directive, ruling it invalid. The court’s decision follows years of strict enforcement by the Commission, which has gone so far as to seek financial penalties from a number of Member States that did not implement the measure on time. […]

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June 2, 2004

New German proposal for mandatory data retention

According to the German e-zine Heise there is a new proposal for mandatory data retention in Germany. Just a few weeks ago, a final compromise was reached on the new Telecommunications Act, without any obligations for systematic data retention. But the Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, is now said to work on a law […]

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