SECTORAL POLICIES / Terrorism

Some countries worry that Court of Justice rulings restrict personal data retention

Brussels, 28/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 28 March, several European justice ministers expressed concern about the impact on data retention of the Télé2Sverige ruling by the European Court of Justice in December 2016 (see EUROPE 11694).

In the ruling, the European Court of Justice confirmed the Digital Rights Ireland ruling of 8 April 2014 invalidating the EU directive on the retention of telephone and internet information by operators for anti-terror purposes (see EUROPE 11056).  The court says EU legislation opposes...