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German Data Retention Law Ruled Unconstitutional
mseeger writes "The German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled the country's current data retention law unconstitutional. All stored telephone and email communication data, previously kept for six months in case it was needed by law enforcement, now must be deleted as soon as possible. The court criticized the lack of data security and insufficient restrictions for access to the data. The president of the court said continuing to retain the data would 'cause a diffusely threatening feeling of being under observation that can diminish an unprejudiced perception of one's basic rights in many areas.' While it doesn't disallow data retention in general, the imposed restriction demands a complete reworking of the law."
An anonymous reader contributes the Court's press release and more information on the ruling, both in German.
I do believe you just Godwin'ed yourself into irrelevance.
Then you probably also believe the sky is yellow?
Face it, you don't know shit about modern Germany.
I wasn't talking about modern Germany. What part of "seventy years ago" do I need to explain to you? Or do you need a quick lecture about modern Germany? I've lived there since I was born, stupid.