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Restrictions on data
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Since 2007
Chapter Data policies |
Sub-chapter Data retention
Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC
Judgment European Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others
Law 183 (I)/2007
Judgment European Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others
Law 183 (I)/2007
Under the Directive on Data Retention, operators were required to retain certain categories of traffic and location data (excluding the content of those communications) for a period between six months and two years and to make them available, on request, to law enforcement authorities for the purposes of investigating, detecting and prosecuting serious crime and terrorism. On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the Directive invalid. However, not all national laws which implemented the Directive have been overturned.
The Cyprus Supreme Court decided on 1 February 2011 that some of the provisions of Law 183 (I)/2007 implementing of the EU Data Retention Directive are unlawful. However, most of the provisions of the Directive still apply.
The Cyprus Supreme Court decided on 1 February 2011 that some of the provisions of Law 183 (I)/2007 implementing of the EU Data Retention Directive are unlawful. However, most of the provisions of the Directive still apply.
Coverage Telecommunication sector