Federal Constitutional Court dealing with Data Retention: First Day
On December 15, 2009 the Federal Constitutional Court began dealing with data retention, a law that forces telecommunication providers store all phone and internet connections (including location, excluding content) for 6 months and make them accessible for the state in cases of crime or possible future crime (we are differing between past and future crimes in Germany very precisely). I have mentioned this law in older posts, too (September 2009, October 2009).
The situation did not look too good for the government already after the first day. The President of the Court, Hans-Jürgen Papier, said that it was really strange since nobody of the "responsible politicians" had tried to defend the law. However, a lot of critics were there, e.g. the spokesperson of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Constanze Kurz.
On the other hand, Wolfgang Bosbach (CDU) as a politician was there and defended the law. I do not know in how far he was not "resposible" for the law, because I think he was Member of Parliament in 2008. Maybe Papier was expecting some minister to come.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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