Italy approves 6 year data retention

On 19 July 2017, during a session dedicated to the fulfilment of obligations resulting from EU membership, the Italian Chamber of Deputies approved an amendment which extends the period of retention of telephone and electronic communication traffic data to 6 years with a view of detecting and suppressing criminal offences and terrorism. The amendment still has to ...

Data Retention: CJEU reaffirms that exceptions to privacy should only apply if strictly necessary

On 21 December 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union provided its Judgment in Joined Cases C-203/15 Tele2 Sverige AB v Post-och telestyrelsen and C-698/15 Secretary of State for the Home Department v Tom Watson and Others prohibiting the application of Member State laws that call for general and indiscriminate electronic communications data ...