30.10.2009, Cologne / Berlin
In the meantime, the judges in Karlsruhe have extended their six-month block on the use of data already gathered by another six months. Among other items, there is one group complaint pending with the Constitutional Court, filed by more than 34,000 citizens who claim that retaining data on their Internet and telephone communications infringes their right to informational self-determination, that is the right to determine what happens to data about them.