German data retention rules not compatible with EU law, says top court
The Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) has ruled that EU citizens’ “traffic and location” data may not be stored except in cases of a “serious threat” to national security.
Germany’s Telecommunications Act required service providers to store their customers’ telephone and internet data for four or ten weeks and to make it available, if necessary, to law enforcement authorities. But Deutsche Telekom and internet service provider SpaceNet AG challenged it, arguing it breached EU rules.
Germany’s Federal Administrative Court subsequently sought the advice of the ECJ which said such data retention can only be allowed under very strict conditions
Source: German data retention rules not compatible with EU law, says top court | News | DW | 20.09.2022
