@techreport{4ded3db771314336875e862d57283936,
title = "The Data Retention Directive Never Existed",
abstract = "Analysis of the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Joined Cases C-293/12 (Digital Rights Ireland) and C-594/12 (K{\"a}rntner Landesregierung), on the validity of the Data Retention Directive.The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has ruled that the 2006 Data Retention Directive is invalid. The basis of invalidity was the exceeding of the limits imposed by the principle of proportionality in the light of Articles 7, 8 and 52(1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Charter). The decision was in respect of two joined preliminary references, one from Ireland and the other from Austria.",
keywords = "data retention, privacy, European Union, human rights, data protection",
author = "Judith Rauhofer and {Mac Sithigh}, Daithi",
year = "2014",
month = apr,
day = "16",
language = "English",
series = "Edinburgh Law School Working Papers",
publisher = "University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Working Papers",
number = "2014/34",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Working Papers",
}