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The Court of Justice declares the Data Retention Directive to be invalid.

It entails a wide-ranging and particularly serious interference with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data, without that interference being limited to what is strictly necessary.

Source: CJEU Press release No 54/14, 8 April 2014.


Case Number Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12

Name of the parties Digital Rights Ireland Ltd (C-293/12) v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Others; and Kärntner Landesregierung (C-594/12) and Others.

Date of the judgement 2014-04-08

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Link http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&jur=C,T,F&num=C-293/12&td=ALL

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