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EU Court Opinion: Data Privacy Laws Apply Even in National Security Cases

In a nonbinding opinion at the European Court of Justice, an advocate general said that under the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive, EU member states cannot require telecommunications companies to hand over bulk data to national security agencies.

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