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According to this court decision, it can be stated that the mass collection of e.communications data violates human rights and EU law.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUntil now, most EU countries, including Lithuania, have provisions in their national laws that oblige e.communication service providers to store data, including local and metadata, without any selection due to the prevention of serious crimes and national security.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease, read more in the article (in Lithuanian):\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/31aMFvc<\/a>\r\n\r\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5492,"template":"","person_countries":[256],"people_industries":[],"experience_practice_area":[338,392],"insight_category":[429],"class_list":["post-17548","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_countries-leedu","experience_practice_area-andmekaitse","experience_practice_area-intellektuaalne-omand-tehnoloogiaoigus","insight_category-uudised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe ruling of the EU Court of Justice changes e. communication data collection rules - TRINITI - Pan-Baltic Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"et_EE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The ruling of the EU Court of Justice changes e. communication data collection rules - TRINITI - Pan-Baltic Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that EU governments cannot oblige e.communications companies to collect and store users’ data. 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