Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/07/2023

Subject: According to the Court, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector precludes the use, in connection with investigations into corruption-related misconduct in office, of personal data relating to electronic communications which have been retained, pursuant to a legislative measure adopted under that provision, by providers of electronic communications services and which have subsequently been made available, pursuant to that measure, to the competent authorities for the purpose of combating serious crime

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

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