German court curbs data collection law

German court curbs data collection law: “

34,000 class action suit pays off

Germany’s Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe today has curbed Germany’s wide-reaching data collection law even further, by stating that the data can only be collected and saved in case of real danger to citizens. The Court decided in response to a class action suit filed by 34,000 Germans.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)