On April 20, the German Federal Constitutional ruled (source document in German) that the Federal Criminal Police Office Act (Bundeskriminalamtgesetz) is partly unconstitutional as a disproportionate intervention into private life. The court criticized the provisions on secret surveillance measures, such as the surveillance of telecommunication and online searches and the rules for disclosing data to foreign security authorities and domestic intelligence services.
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