The Swedish mobile operators can continue to be forced to store data on individual customers’ mobile traffic. But it would have to be done within reasonable limits. It seems to be the EU’s interpretation of the legal cases that Tele2 and the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency is involved in.
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Today came namely a hint in the form of an opinion from the European Court advocates General, Henrik Saugmandsgaard OE. He notes that the Swedish rules may well be compatible with EU law. But in his statement also listed a number of conditions that must be met.
He notes that the requirements for data storage must be proportionate towards a democratic society, and above all emerges is that data storage can only be justified when dealing with serious crime, but not in mild offense.
while several countries have chosen the EU track and backtracked the laws that are forcing mobile operators to store data, Sweden and Britain fought against. Mainly with law enforcement opportunities as the main argument.
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How it will end up remains to be seen. The question to be decided in the court later this year.
Tele2, which has the position that data storage should be removed, seem happy with the current EU opinion. The General Counsel Stefan Backman told TT that it understands that the Swedish data storage do not meet the conditions mentioned.
– We now look forward to the EU court’s final judgment but hope regardless of the final outcome of the goal of seeing a much more balanced data storage systems in Sweden, he says.
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