… On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection
Regulation
(
Regulation
(EU)
2016
/
679
on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC) entered into force. Like the Directive it replaced, the Regulation does not apply to State activities concerning public safety, defence and State security (Article 2(2)).
THE LAW
I. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION
82. …
… SWEDEN
(Application no. 35252/08)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
19 June 2018
Referral to the
Grand
Chamber
04/02/2019
This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Centrum för rättvisa v. Sweden,
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Branko Lubarda, President,
Helena Jäderblom,
Helen Keller,
Pere Pastor Vilanova,
Alena Poláčková,
Georgios A. …
… In joined cases Tele2 Sverige AB v Post- och telestyrelsen and Secretary of State for the Home Department v Tom Watson and Others (cases C-203/15 and C-698/15, judgment of 21 December 2016), the CJEU (
Grand
Chamber
) dealt, firstly, with the issue of a provider of electronic communications services having refused to retain data under Swedish legislation that had given effect to the now invalid Directive 2006/24/EC. The CJEU stated, inter alia, the following:
“107. …