The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 162
Court of Justice of the European Union
GD v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána and others
(Case C-140/20)
EU:C:2022:258
2021 Sept 13; Nov 18; 2022 April 5
President K Lenaerts,
Presidents of Chambers A Arabadjiev, A Prechal, S Rodin, I Jarukaitis, N Jääskinen,
Judges T von Danwitz (Rapporteur), M Safjan, F Biltgen, PG Xuereb, N Piçarra, LS Rossi, A Kumin
Advocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona
Presidents of Chambers A Arabadjiev, A Prechal, S Rodin, I Jarukaitis, N Jääskinen,
Judges T von Danwitz (Rapporteur), M Safjan, F Biltgen, PG Xuereb, N Piçarra, LS Rossi, A Kumin
Advocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona
Data protection— Personal data— Access to— Directive obliging member states to protect confidentiality of electronic communications and related traffic and location data— Directive permitting national legislation to restrict scope of confidentiality obligation if necessary to safeguard national security or prevention of criminal offences— National legislation providing for general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data for purposes of combating serious crime— Police officer responsible for centralised processing of requests for access to retained data under national legislation— Whether legislation precluded by Directive— Whether national court able to limit temporal effects of declaration of invalidity of national legislation due to incompatibility—
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
, arts 7, 8, 11
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Parliament and Council Directive 2002/58/EC, art 15(1)