A German antiterror law taking effect Thurs. gives 3 secret servi...
A German antiterror law taking effect Thurs. gives 3 secret service agencies more access to telecoms’ and other companies’ records, Bingham attorney Axel Spies said. No specific suspicion is needed; access simply must be needed for “clearing up anticonstitutional…
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activities,” he said on behalf of the German Competitive Carriers Assn. (VATM). Agencies can use tools that find locations of makers and recipients of mobile calls. The new law makes it easier to get data on individuals, plus customer and user data from telcos and others. There is parliamentary oversight, but the process has been streamlined, over protests by Germany’s data protection authority, Spies said. He predicted notable rises in requests for telcos and ISPs to deliver data and other information on customers, as well as a cost increase to service providers.