Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/20/2022

Subject: The Court affirmed that EU law precludes the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data, except in the case of a serious threat to national security. However, in order to combat serious crime, the Member States may, in strict compliance with the principle of proportionality, provide for, inter alia, the targeted or expedited retention of such data and the general and indiscriminate retention of IP addresses

Parties: SpaceNet

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

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