nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170314-163226 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 131217s2013||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20170314-163226 doi ger 342 23 Thym, Daniel Author aut Who Controls the Digital Frankenstein? The Future of the Data Retention Directive Thym, Daniel Verfassungsblog 2013-12-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The internet and smartphones are symbols of our times. They define the self-perception of this generation in quite a similar way as debates about abortion did some thirty years ago. Hence the media attention when Advocate General Cruz Villalón found last Thursday that the Data Retention Directive violates the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – a conclusion which the Court of Justice (ECJ) will confirm in all likelihood, considering the critical comments of the judges at the oral hearing in July. Thus, the final outcome in Luxembourg might confirm the recent position of the Advocate General (AG) and earlier findings of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC): a conditional yes with various distinctive strings attached, which effectively oblige the EU legislator to revisit the original compromise and to lay down strict conditions for the access to and the use of retained data. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/who-controls-the-digital-frankenstein-the-future-of-the-data-retention-directive/ raw object