Spokesman Stefan Simons KPN said Wednesday in a statement that the provider stops the execution of the law. He says the decision also applies to subsidiaries of KPN, such as Hi, XS4ALL and Telfort.
KPN says to take measures to ensure that the provider “to the new situation” meets. This means, in practice, in that data that is not needed for the normal operation are ultimately will be removed.
Also Vodafone emphasized that there still has to be stored data that are needed to provide a working service. It is possible that such data should be provided through a claim to the government.
Vodafone also states that it is in favor of “law that creates clarity about our obligations and that is transparent about the use the powers of government and control. “
Removal
Niels Huijbregts, spokesman for XS4ALL, said Wednesday all data is no longer recorded. “The machine is off and the cabinet is locked, so no one comes in.” Previously collected data according to him, yet not removed because the State is still possible appeal. Should the government win such appeal, the removal would not be reversed.
The small providers BIT and Tweak stopped storing data. Other major providers say the sentence of the court to study yet.
New retention
Among the retention had to telecom providers ‘metadata’ Save that could later be used by investigative services. The court in The Hague ruled that it is unlawful happened because no court authorization is needed to understand the data and because it is also possible for less serious crimes.
D66 and VVD said Wednesday a new version of wanting to implement the data retention, which introduces new safeguards. The Labour Party is calling for a “solution in which both the privacy of our citizens and the importance of the detection is guaranteed,” without explaining whether there is a new data retention is meant with it.
Department
The Ministry of Security and Justice, said he regretted the deletion of data retention and is considering to appeal against the verdict.
“The Ministry is deeply concerned about the impact on the approach crime, “said a statement from the ministry.
Former Minister Opstelten was planning to change the retention period. He wanted to include introducing a judicial review before data may be viewed by intelligence. “The content of the judgment is involved in the bill, so that the protection of the privacy of those involved is adequately safeguarded,” the ministry wrote Wednesday. “The verdict let this happen.”
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