Europe's top court says that file-sharers subjected to mass surveillance and retention of data didn't have their privacy breached.

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In a judgment published today, Europe’s top court concludes that suspected file-sharers can be subjected to mass surveillance and retention of their data as long as certain standards are upheld. Digital rights groups hoped to end the French ‘Hadopi’ anti-piracy scheme, claiming that it violates the fundamental right to privacy. The CJEU’s judgment leaves no stone unturned explaining why that isn’t so, leaving case law to deal with the turbulence.

Judgement here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62021CJ0470

  • Vendetta9076
    111·
    7 months ago

    I love that murderers and rapists have more privacy than pirates in most of the world.

    • PirateJesus@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      10·
      7 months ago

      Well you see, those victims are just untouchables, whereas Pirates attack the property of the rich…

    • Scolding0513
      3·
      7 months ago

      “If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy”