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11.12.2009, Berlin

New verdict on data retention

A new verdict on data retention returned by the Higher Administrative Court (OVG) Berlin-Brandenburg upsets German Internet Service Providers. Five companies had tried to obtain immediate legal protection, exempting them from having to retain data on their customers' online behaviour until final verdicts have been returned by Germany's Federal Institutional Court (BVerfG).

Shortly before a BVerfG hearing however, the OVG ruled that Service Providers already do have to retain data - although there is strong reason to doubt that the law on data retention will be found constitutional by the BVerfG. This leaves German ISPs with a 332 million EURO bill to pay for new storage technology alone. Money, which will not be reimbursed.

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