By Jan Strupczewski and Tom Körkemeier BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Unions highest court on Tuesday overthrew a rule that required telecoms companies to store the communications data of EU citizens for up to two years, on the grounds that it infringed on basic rights. But not all countries – including Germany, where privacy is an especially sensitive issue – have implemented the directive. The Court takes the view that, by requiring the retention of those data and by allowing the competent national authorities to access those data, the directive interferes in a particularly serious manner with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data, it said. In Germany, the directive caused a public debate.
EU court rejects requirement to keep data of telecom users
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