France’s Constitutional Council recently ruled that components of the country’s data retention regime were unconstitutional, according to a Question of Constitutionality decision. The decision noted the retention of data under the law resulted in an infringement of the right to respect for private life, as well as a breach of EU law. The contested provisions dealt with the identification of users of electronic communications services, and the location of their communication terminal equipment, technical characteristics, date, time and duration of the communications, and the identification data of their recipients.
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