Recalibrating Data Retention in the EU

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• Convenio Europeo para la Protección de los Derechos Humanos y de las Libertades Fundamentales - Articles 3, 5, 6, 8, 52, 53
• Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson.
• Volker und Markus Schecke GbR (C-92/09) and Hartmut Eifert (C-93/09) v Land Hessen.
• Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 3 May 2018.
• European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-317/04) and Commission of the European Communities (C-318/04).



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• European Commission v Republic of Poland and Hungary.
• Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
• Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC
• Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA
• Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases
• Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union
• Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
• Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’)
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
• Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Arrêt de la Cour (grande chambre) du 6 octobre 2020.#La Quadrature du Net e.a. contre Premier ministre e.a.#Renvoi préjudiciel – Traitement des données à caractère personnel dans le secteur des communications électroniques – Fournisseurs de services de communications électroniques – Fournisseurs de services d’hébergement et fournisseurs d’accès à Internet – Conservation généralisée et indifférenciée des données relatives au trafic et des données de localisation – Analyse automatisée des données – Accès en temps réel aux données – Sauvegarde de la sécurité nationale et lutte contre le terrorisme – Lutte contre la criminalité – Directive 2002/58/CE – Champ d’application – Article 1er, paragraphe 3, et article 3 – Confidentialité des communications électroniques – Protection – Article 5 et article 15, paragraphe 1 – Directive 2000/31/CE – Champ d’application – Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne – Articles 4, 6 à 8 et 11 et article 52, paragraphe 1 – Article 4, paragraphe 2, TUE.#Affaires jointe
• Criminal proceedings against Prokuratuur.