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ECJ ruling: German regulation on data retention violates EU law

2022-09-20T08:08:10.959Z


The suspicion-independent storage of telephone and Internet connection data is incompatible with European law, the German regulations are illegal. The European Court of Justice ruled.


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The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg

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Arne Immanuel Bänsch / dpa

Indiscriminate storage of IP addresses, location and connection data of all users, as anchored in the German Telecommunications Act, is contrary to European law.

This was announced by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday.

The Federal Network Agency has not enforced the storage obligation for telecommunications providers since 2017 anyway.

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Source: spiegel

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