EU Court of Justice Upholds Validity of Data Retention Directive

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Michael Froomkin

The EU Court of Justice has upheld the validity of the Data Retention Directive (“Directive 2006/24/EC Retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of electronic communications services”) in Ireland v Parliament , decided Feb. 10, 2008.

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One Response to EU Court of Justice Upholds Validity of Data Retention Directive

  1. James Wimberley says:
    February 17, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Paragraph 3 of the judgement cites a clause in Directive 95/46 including the phrase: “… processing operations concerning [...] State security (including the economic well-being of the State when the processing operation relates to State security matters).”
    Any offers to explain the scope of the qualification to “economic well-being”?

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