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Have a look at http://www.datenschmutz.de/moin/TK-Verkehrsdaten "Unter dem Stichwort Vorratsdatenspeicherung werden solche Daten speziell für Repressionszwecke gespeichert. Sie ist derzeit ausgesetzt, die Verkehrsdatenabfrage als solche bleibt aber in Kraft." The data detention is "currently suspended" according to your own link... sigh. You did not address the distinction between the police/intelligence agencies hav…
Please, read again what I wrote two comments above. I specifically adressed the difference.
Oops, you're right. Then let's agree to agree on the facts, and sorry for being obtuse. I had the impression you were belittling the fact that Germany is in violation of the EU directive, but that doesn't really follow from what you said, I read that into it.. probably because of "everybody is doing it (what the NSA does)" comments I read occasionally around here, and a general jadedness around the issue. Thanks for your patience ^^
Yes, it it's not great as it is, but it would be worse when the EU directive is actually followed, from what I can tell, and I wanted to stress that.