The EU Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC) provided an obligation for providers of publicly available electronic communication services and of public communication networks to retain traffic and location data for at least six months up to two years for the purpose of the investigation, detection, and prosecution of serious crimes. Most of the member States of EU transposed the Directive into national laws. Evaluation Report on the Data Retention Directive European Commission stated that data retention is a valuable tool for criminal justice systems and for law enforcement in the EU and proposed revision of the data retention framework and provided recommendations how this should be done. Constitutional Courts of several Member States annulled, however, national data retention regulations based on the Directive. At last, the CJEU declared the Data Retention Directive to be invalid. CJEU concluded that by adopting the Directive the EU legislature has exceeded the limits imposed by compliance with the principle of proportionality in the light of Articles 7(Respect for private), Article 8(protection of personal data) and 52(1)(Scope of guaranteed rights) of the Charter. The immediate result of the CJEU Judgement on the Directive was its invalidity. As a result, there is no longer a specific legal act on the EU level that obliges Member States to introduce or maintain data retention regimes. However, the CJEU has not determined the invalidity of any Member State’s legislation governing the retention of data. Hence, national legislation on data retention remains in force in all Member States which have not previously declared it unconstitutional, is still in force. There are also data retention provisions in Korea. The Protection of Communications Secrets Act (PCSA) prescribes them. It is meaningful to examine whether the related provisions of PCSA in the light of the criteria of CJEU judgement comply with the principle of proportionality or not. A detailed research is required.
목차
I. Introduction II. EU Data Retention Directive and its Transposition A. Overview of EU Data Retention Directive B. Transposition of the Directive and Related Case Law III. The CJEU Judgement Annulling the Data Retention Directive A. Background of the CJEU Judgement B. The ruling of the CJEU IV. Impact of the Judgement on existing Data Retention Regimes in Member States V. Implications for Korean Data Retention Act of CJEU Judgement A. Overview of Data Retention Act in Korea B. Implications for Korean Data Retention Act VI. Conclusion [ABSTRACT]
동국대학교 비교법문화연구원 [The Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Culture]
설립연도
2000
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
본 연구소에서는 세계 각국의 새로운 법률제도를 그때그때 입수하여 이를 소개하고 한국 실정에 접목가능성을 연구·분석한다. 아울러 본 연구소는 국내의 각종 학술단체, 연구소, 연구기관과의 교류를 증진함은 물론 외국대학의 연구소와 공동연구를 통해 외국의 법문화와 학풍을 소개함으로써 대외적인 학풍선양에도 기여하게 함을 목적으로 한다.