German Constitutional Court confirms generalised data retention illegal – EURACTIV.com

“With its ruling, the Federal Constitutional Court confirms and reaffirms the case law of the European Court of Justice on data retention and makes it clear: there is no leeway in German law for still implementing data retention without any reason,” said Konstantin Macher of Digitalcourage

Digitalcourage is a civil society organisation that has been fighting against data retention since 2002.

“We demand politicians finally accept this end to data retention,” Macher added.

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https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/german-constitutional-court-confirms-generalised-data-retention-illegal/