European Court rules mass collection, retention of metadata unacceptable The European Court of Justices ruling invalidating the European Unions 2006 Data Retention Directive policy, was strong and unequivocal: the right to privacy provides a fundamental barrier between the individual and powerful institutions, and laws allowing for indiscriminate, blanket retention on this scale are completely unacceptable.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:34:49 +0000