EUROPEAN DATA RETENTION DIRECTIVE INVALID
By today’s judgment, the European Court of Justice declares the directive invalid
According to the Court, the Directive entails a wide-ranging and particularly serious interference with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data, without that interference being limited to what is strictly necessary.
The main objective of the Data Retention Directive* is to harmonize Member States’ provisions concerning the retention of certain data which are generated or processed by providers of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks. It therefore seeks to ensure that the data are available for …
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