BRUSSELS: The European Union’s top court on Oct 6 put limits on how European spy and security agencies could harvest troves of personal data, but said this could be done under a serious threat to national security.
At the request of the courts in France, Belgium and Britain, the European Court of Justice confirmed that "EU law precludes national legislation" that requires telcos and tech companies to carry out the "indiscriminate retention" of data, a statement said.
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