Advocate General rejects Ireland’s data retention objections
Posted by Glyn in Uncategorized at October 21st, 2008
The European Union’s Data Retention Directive was not procedurally flawed and should not be repealed, an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. Ireland’s argument that the law was wrongly adopted has been rejected. The Data Retention Directive orders all EU member states to pass laws telling telecoms companies to keep records of phone and internet use for between six and 24 months. Though it has not objected to the substance of the Directive, Ireland objected to the way in which it was adopted and asked the ECJ, Europe’s highest court, to repeal it. An Advocate General’s opinion is only advisory, but is followed in around 80% of cases by the ECJ itself.
Source: OUT-LAW
