Service operators in Europe may no longer be forced to keep records of their users’ communications activity for up to two years, following a ruling by the European Union’s Court of Justice that Data Retention Directive is invalid under European law. The rules meant that telecoms providers had to keep_traffic, location and other data, but not the content of communications. Announced today in a statement, the court said that requiring the retention of data and allowing national authorities to access the data “interferes in a particularly_serious manner with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection_of...

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