Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data retention laws are unconstitutional in Germany

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Alex French <alex () evilal com>
> Date: March 3, 2010 10:57:21 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data  
> retention laws are unconstitutional in Germany

> Dave,
>
> The headline and excerpt are misleading, The court specifically  
> upheld the EU directive, but ruled that the way that it was  
> transposed into German law was flawed and not sufficiently specific.
>
> Every EU country is transposing this Directive into national law  
> (most have already done so) but this process is filled with  
> uncertainty as local lawmakers often try and stuff extra things into  
> the transposed law; they can sometimes get away with this but unless  
> they stay fairly close to the original Directive, they risk a  
> constitutional issue such as this.
>
> --
> Alex
>
>
> On 3 March 2010 15:05, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Sandra Keegan <sandra.keegan () gmail com>
> Date: March 3, 2010 9:56:32 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Germany's Constitutional Court held that EU data retention  
> laws are unconstitutional in Germany
>
> "The highest court in Germany yesterday ruled that a central plank  
> of anti-terrorist security legislation in the European Union,  
> requiring the storage of at least six months' worth of telephone and  
> internet data, was contrary to the country's fundamental law."
>
>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6191de8-2663-11df-aff3-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
>
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