Home EU court rules against telecom data retention laws in UK, France, Belgium
 

Keywords :   


EU court rules against telecom data retention laws in UK, France, Belgium

2020-10-06 13:43:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The EU Court of Justice has again struck down national laws requiring mass data collection and retention by telecom operators for law enforcement purposes. Ruling on cases brought in the UK, France and Belgium, the court said the EU's ePrivacy directive prohibits the indiscriminate retention of massive amounts of personal communications data, even in the name of national security or prevention. 

Tags: data france uk rules

Category:Telecommunications

Latest from this category

All news

28.01Effective Housekeeping With Rackspace Managed Snapshot Cleanup
20.01Redefining Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting with RAIDER
Telecommunications »
31.01Plan ahead and dress wisely: How to minimise add-on costs when you fly
31.01Phone lines stay open as tax return deadline looms
31.01Phone lines stay open as tax return deadline looms
30.01Labubu to open seven UK shops, after PM's China visit
30.01Will Trump's pick to lead US central bank get him the change he wants?
30.01Will Trump's pick to lead US central bank get him the change he wants?
30.01Grilled to Perfection Recipes Due by April 1
30.01The Poet
More »