Police can access mobile phone data for minor crimes, EU top court rules
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A person in Austria sued the cops for seizing his phone after he received a parcel containing 85 grams of cannabis.
  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    2 months ago

    What’s up with this bullshit? We caught you doing something small, so now we have the right to invade your whole life and look for more things to bust you for? This is outright abuse of civil liberties.

    • KissakiEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      The court demands local legislation to define where it is allowed, and requires a court approval to weigh interests of privacy vs investigation.

      It’s really not about police randomly deciding to access phone data.

      • bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        except in the most urgent cases.

        you left that out. That and considering what the case was actually about casts a doubt on your joyful analysis.

    • lunarul@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I automatically interpreted the title meant crimes involving minors. The truth didn’t even register as a possibility…