Database
Restrictions on data
MALTA
Since July 2003
Chapter Data policies |
Sub-chapter Other
Data Protection Act 2001
In Malta, the legislation prescribes that a transfer of personal data to another country constitutes processing and as such must be notified to the Commissioner’s Office.
Coverage Horizontal
Restrictions on data
MALTA
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
Judgment European Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others
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 (ECJ) declared the Directive invalid. However, not all national laws which implemented the Directive have been overturned.
Despite the ECJ ruling, the Maltese law on data retention still applied. It specifies one year of data rentention for fixed, mobile and internet telephony data, and six months for internet access and internet email.
Despite the ECJ ruling, the Maltese law on data retention still applied. It specifies one year of data rentention for fixed, mobile and internet telephony data, and six months for internet access and internet email.
Coverage Telecommunication sector