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The previous data retention law was declared illegal in 2014 by CJEU (EU’s highest court) for being mass surveillance and violating human rights.
Since most EU states refused to follow the court order and the EU commission refused to enforce it, CJEU recently caved in to political pressure and changed their stance on mass surveillance, making it legal.
And that instantly spawned this data retention law that is more far fetching than the original, that was deemed illegal. Here you can read the entire plan that EU is following. Briefly:
they want to sanction unlicensed messaging apps, hosting services and websites that don’t spy on users (and impose criminal penalties)
mandatory data retention, all your online activity must be tied to your identity
end of privacy friendly VPN’s and other services
cooperate with hardware manufacturers to ensure lawful access by design (backdoors for phones and computers)
prison for everybody who doesn’t comply
If you don’t know what the best options for some questions are, privacy wise, check out this answering guide by Edri(european digital rights organization)
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1neecov/we_beat_chat_control_but_the_fight_isnt_over/
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