Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Merit's Courts (The Netherlands) - Rechtbank Den Haag

Date: 03/11/2015

Subject: The Rechtbank Den Haag (District Court of the Hague) quashed the law on data retention of 18 May 2009 (Wet bewaarplicht telecommunicatiegegevens), which transposes Directive 2006/24/EC (Data Retention Directive), for the violation of articles 7 and 8 of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, recalling the decision of the Court of Justice in the joined cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland Ltd. vs Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and others and Kärntner Landesregierung and others

Parties: Stichting Privacy First, et al. v. de Staat der Nederlanden

Original language: Dutch

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing

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