Tag: Data retention
Traffic light agrees on rent control and data storage
As of: April 10, 2024 2:31 p.m The coalition parties have reached agreement on two important points of contention. The rent cap is to be extended until 2029. In return,…
Crime statistics: More crimes and more violence – Politics
The minister does not lack clarity. And yet. There is always a but to the unpleasant numbers. 5.5 percent more crimes last year, increasing violent crime in Germany, significantly more…
Federal Administrative Court: Data retention without reason is unlawful
As of: September 7th, 2023 4:57 p.m The Federal Administrative Court has drawn a line under the years-long dispute over data retention. The judges found the previous German regulation to…
Federal Constitutional Court accepts lawsuits on digital channels – Politics
At the Saxon Finance Court in Leipzig, all new incoming proceedings have been processed without paper since May 2nd. This is certainly only a small step for mankind, on the…
Criminals on the Net: Compromise on Data Retention? – Politics
So now it’s about the basics. Children must be saved, urgently – through preventive storage of Internet data, demands the Federal Minister of the Interior. The Federal Minister of Justice…
How Bavaria’s judiciary acts against child porn on the Internet – Bavaria
Before the press conference in the Munich Palace of Justice begins, there are problems with the light. The stage, on which Bavaria’s justice minister and two public prosecutors are about…
Data retention “Quick freeze”: Sounds good, does nothing – opinion
“Quick freeze” is the name of the alternative to data retention operated by FDP Minister Buschmann. The idea is nice, but not new – and it has remained on the…
Data Retention and Crime – Politics
Data retention was already widespread in Germany, more than ten years ago. Back then, contacts were precisely logged. What did that bring? The answer is clear. Of Ron Steinke Where…
Data retention: ECJ ruling is a victory for data protection – Opinion
With its judgment, the European Court of Justice defends an elementary principle: the state must not collect sensitive information about its citizens without reason. This means that the encroachment on…
Judgment: ECJ rejects data retention in Germany – politics
The European Court of Justice rejects the German rules on data retention. These have been on hold for five years – now the coalition in Berlin is facing a new…