EU legislation ordering operators to retain user records declared invalid by Court of Justice
Apr08
Service operators in Europe may no longer be forced to keep records of their users’ communications activity for up to two years, following a ruling by the European Union’s Court of Justice that Data Retention Directive is invalid under European law. The rules meant that telecoms providers had to keep traffic, location and other data, but not the content of communications. Announced today in a statement, the court said that requiring the retention of data and allowing national authorities to access the data “interferes in a particularly serious manner with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of…
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