Hello tout le monde,

Je viens de tomber sur un article expliquant que la Cour constitutionnelle belge demande des clarification auprès de la Cour de justice de l'UE sur sa décision sur la rétention des données (Tele2 vs. Sweden AB and Watson).

Voici l'arrêt de la Cour constitutionnelle du 19 Juillet 2018: http://www.const-court.be/public/f/2018/2018-096f.pdf - est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un ici qui a déjà vu et analysé ceci?

Les trois questions que la Cour demande à la CJEU:

1. First, it asks whether a general data retention obligation that is provided with storage and and access safegards, can be compatible with EU law, when it is not only aimed at fighting serious crime, but also intended to safeguard national security, defence, public security, and to prevent, investigate, detect and prosecute other criminal offences.

2. Second, the Court asks the same question as regards data retention legislation that would enable the state to fulfill its positive obligations to identify perpatrators of sexual child abuse, when they made use of electronic communication means, in order to effectively investigate and prosecute these crimes.

3. If the Court of Justice should come to the conclusion that the Belgian legislation violates EU Law, the Constitutional Court finally asks whether the consequences of the 2016 law can be maintained, in order to enable the further use of previously stored data, so that legal incertainty can be avoided

Deux petites citations en or de l'audience:

"The Belgian government suggests that the CJEU has not fully gripped the key feature of data retention laws as an addition to the already existing measures of focused, targeted gathering of data in the present or future."

et

"In the procedure before the Constitutional Court, the Belgian government insisted that you cannot know in advance which data you will need."

Merci,

Kirsten