In his Opinion delivered on Wednesday 15 January, Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona of the Court of Justice of the European Union recommends that the judges should oppose British, Belgian and French legislation based on “generalised and undifferentiated” data retention. His Opinion may further complicate negotiations in the Council of the EU on the reform of the directive on privacy and electronic communications (2002/58/CE).
The Advocate General gave his opinion on four...