Federal Constitutional Court defines limits of digital surveillance
Aug 7, 2025 · The Court partially granted the complaint, ruling that surveillance measures applied to lesser offenses — those punishable by a maximum of three years’ imprisonment — were …
Germany's Digital Paradox: Court Limits Spy Software While Nation ...
Aug 7, 2025 · While the Constitutional Court restricts domestic spy software, Germany simultaneously champions the EU's most invasive mass surveillance initiatives, creating a schizophrenic approach to …
Germany court rules parts of federal police surveillance law ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that multiple provisions of the country’s Federal Criminal Police Office Act (BKA Act) are unconstitutional because they infringe …
Germany Court Limits Police Spyware Use - CyberMaterial
Aug 8, 2025 · The German Federal Constitutional Court delivered a landmark ruling on Thursday, severely curtailing the ability of law enforcement to use state-sponsored spyware.
Constitutional Court: State Trojans are taboo for "everyday crime"
Aug 7, 2025 · In their recently published ruling from June 24 (case reference: 1 BvR 2466/19), the judges in Karlsruhe argue that the intrusion into privacy in this type of surveillance is very severe.
Germany's Constitutional Court strikes down some surveillance
Oct 1, 2024 · Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that some of the methods used by the country's police to collect and store data are unconstitutional.
Bundesverfassungsgericht - Decisions
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German Constitutional Court rules on stronger protections from surveillance
May 22, 2020 · In a judgment on Tuesday, Germany's First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst – BND) is bound by the nation's …
German court limits police use of spyware - dig.watch
Aug 9, 2025 · By restricting the use of spyware to investigations of serious crimes, the ruling places tighter limits on state surveillance in Germany, reinforcing constitutional protections for privacy and …
Germany's top court orders limits to police surveillance powers
Oct 2, 2024 · Germany's constitutional court ruled Tuesday that the federal police's powers of surveillance and data retention were too broad and ordered a change to the law. The ruling came in...