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May 22, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

ePrivacy: Private data retention through the back door

Blanket data retention has been prohibited in several court decisions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG). In spite of this, some of the EU Member States want to reintroduce it for the use by law enforcement authorities – through a back door in the ePrivacy Regulation.

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January 16, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

EU Member States willing to retain illegal data retention

With its judgments in April 2014 (Digital Rights Ireland ) and December 2016 (Tele2 ), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that blanket data retention was illegal under EU law. Rather than repealing their illegal data retention laws, EU Member States have instead adopted a tactic of ignoring the highest court […]

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March 7, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Data retention “reflection process”: Council working documents

A number of “working documents” discussed as part of the Council of the EU's “reflection process” on the mandatory retention of telecommunications data have been released following an access to documents request submitted to the Council by EDRi member Statewatch.

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