The data retention directive and the ECJ

In its ruling of today (08.04.2014 – file ref.: C-293/12 and C-594/12) the European Court of Justice found that the Data Retention Directive is not consistent with EU law. The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of a lawsuit of an Irish civil rights defence organization and of various Austrian citizens as well as of the Carinthia government. They had pleaded that storing data…