European Court of Human Rights delivers a landmark ruling that data retention is unlawful, and end-to-end encryption is upheld as a right in a democratic society. This ruling puts fundamental limitations on any European Union attempts, too. https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng/?i=001-230854
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