Fear of terrorist attack: SPD puts pressure on data retention. SPD: Data retention is necessary to prevent future terrorist attacks.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) under pressure. ECJ initially declared data retention to be inadmissible in September 2022. However, targeted and time-limited storage of data is possible in the event of a serious threat to national security. The SPD-led Interior Ministry has presented a draft law to revise data retention as early 2022, but the SPD has so far rejected this.