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Case C-623/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal — London — United Kingdom) — Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Government Communications Headquarters, Security Service, Secret Intelligence Service (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector — Providers of electronic communications services — General and indiscriminate transmission of traffic data and location data — Safeguarding of national security — Directive 2002/58/EC — Scope — Article 1(3) and Article 3 — Confidentiality of electronic communications — Protection — Article 5 and Article 15(1) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) — Article 4(2) TEU)
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Official Journal of the European Union
C 433/2
(Case C-623/17) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector - Providers of electronic communications services - General and indiscriminate transmission of traffic data and location data - Safeguarding of national security - Directive 2002/58/EC - Scope - Article 1(3) and Article 3 - Confidentiality of electronic communications - Protection - Article 5 and Article 15(1) - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) - Article 4(2) TEU)
(2020/C 433/02)
Language of the case: English
Referring court
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Privacy International
Defendants: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Government Communications Headquarters, Security Service, Secret Intelligence Service
Operative part of the judgment
1.Article 1(3), Article 3 and Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications), as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, read in the light of Article 4(2) TEU, must be interpreted as meaning that national legislation enabling a State authority to require providers of electronic communications services to forward traffic data and location data to the security and intelligence agencies for the purpose of safeguarding national security falls within the scope of that directive.
2.Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58, as amended by Directive 2009/136, read in the light of Article 4(2) TEU and Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation enabling a State authority to require providers of electronic communications services to carry out the general and indiscriminate transmission of traffic data and location data to the security and intelligence agencies for the purpose of safeguarding national security.
(1) OJ C 22, 22.1.2018.