Proportionality overrides Unlimited Surveillance. The German Constitutional Court Judgment on Data Retention
Proportionality overrides Unlimited Surveillance.The German Constitutional Court Judgment on Data Retention

Author(s): Katja de Vries, Rocco Bellanova, Paul DE HERT
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Court case
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: Surveillance; German Constitutional Court judgment;
Summary/Abstract: On 15 March 2006, the Data Retention Directive, demanding the retention of telecommunications data for a period of six months up to two years, was adopted. Since then, this seemingly straight forward directive has ‘generated’ quite an impressive number of court judgments. They range from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to the administrative (e.g. Germany and Bulgaria) and constitutional courts (e.g. Romania) of some member states.

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