SecondIn reviewer European Court of Justice Suspend data retention and strengthen the position of civil rights activists in Germany. Attorney General Campos Sánchez-Bordona reiterated the previous European Court’s ruling in Thursday’s assessment that only in cases where it poses a serious threat to national security, the general and indiscriminate retention of data is allowed.
The background of the report is a legal dispute between the Federal Network Agency and the Internet provider SpaceNet, which includes telecommunicationsThese companies refuse to request certain data to be stored for access by the authorities. The Telecommunications Law requires Internet providers and telephone providers to record and store data such as IP addresses and telephone numbers. However, the Federal Network Agency shelved the German regulations in 2017-a few days before it went into effect.
In the context of other cases, the European Court of Justice ruled in October last year that Data retention It is fundamentally illegal. However, exceptions are possible, for example, when it comes to specific cases that pose a threat to national security. The European Court of Justice has already ruled in a similar manner in 2016.
Sánchez-Bordona’s opinion is not binding on the judges of the European Court of Justice, but they are often guided by it. Judgments on German regulations should be made within a few months.
