Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Constitutional Court (Belgio)

Date: 07/19/2018

Subject: The decision of the Constitutional Court, in the matter of constitutional legitimacy of the law of 29 May 2016 on the collection and storage of data in the electronic communications field, orders the preliminary referral to the Court of Justice with regard to the interpretation of article 15(1) (“Application of certain norms of Directive 95/46/EC”) of Directive 2002/58/EC, on personal data processing and protection of private life in the electronic communications field, in combination with some norms of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Parties: Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, ASBL « Académie Fiscale » et Jean Pierre Riquet, ASBL « Liga voor Mensenrechten » et ASBL « Ligue des Droits de l’Homme » et Patrick Van Assche et autres

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: access

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