Controversial German Internet law is unconstitutional
The design of the German law on Internet and telephone data collection is unconstitutional. Today the Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Constitutional Court) delivered his judgment (
1 BvR 256 / 08, 1 BvR 263 / 08, 1 BvR 586 / 08).
The complainant saw the secrecy of telecommunications and the right to informational self-determination injured by the law. The Bundesverfassungsgericht has now decided that the rules on data collection violates article 10 of the Grundgesetz (German Constitution). So the law is totally unconstitutional and void.
