The Court of Justice of the European Union declares the Directive 2006/24/EC of Data Retention to be invalid

23.04.2014

The Court of Justice of the European Union declares the Directive 2006/24/EC, on Data Retention, is contrary to the Union Law,answering the preliminary questions made by the Supreme Court of Ireland (Case C-293/12) and  the Constitutional Court of Austria (case C- 594/12).
 

The Directive establishes that  providers of communications services have to retain certain data generated or processed in the area of  electronic communications in the European territory during a limited time. Therefore,it seeks to ensure that the data are available for the purpose of the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crimes.

According to the Court, these data may contain private information of the citizens, and allowing the competent national authorities to access said data is contrary to two  fundamental rights: the respect for private life and the protection of personal data, both contained in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Thus, the Court considers that these limits are exceeded and, consequently, the Directive 2006/24/EC on Data Retention is  invalid.

In Spain, this rulling can affect several laws. In fisrt place, this Directive entailed the creation of the Law 25/2007 of Data Retention, which forces the communication operators to keep certain data that allows to trace the destination and origin of a communication, such as IP addresses and the identiy of the people involved. This Law might be declared invalid now.

In this sense, the invalidity of the Directive might affect the Law  2/2011 of Sustainable Economy (’Sinde Law’), which allows to enquire data to  the service providers  in order to inforce the  intellectual property rights.

Finally, the Intellectual Propery Act, could be affected as well, since it allows the identification of the responsibles of  download web sites and illegal contents through the IP address.

Written by: Alejandra Rosero

Source:

http://www.abc.es/tecnologia/redes/20140411/abci-datos-empresas-guardar-privacidad-201404102139.html

http://www.abogacia.es/2014/04/09/el-tribunal-de-justicia-de-la-ue-declara-nula-la-directiva-200624ce-sobre-conservacion-de-datos/

http://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2014/04/08/5343caa2268e3e5b448b456f.html

Press release No 54/14 of the Court of Justice of the European Union

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