03/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 2 March 2010, Germany's constitutional court criticised the law authorising the keeping for six months of information given by telephone or online that is used in criminal investigations, arguing that the law transposing a 2006 EU counter-terror directive (see EUROPE 9136) is a serious violation of privacy laws. Germany's court has not challenged the need for an EU directive, pointing out that the problem arises when the directive in question is...