Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2020

La Quadrature du Net and Others v Premier ministre and Others

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France) and Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium)

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Providers of electronic communications services – Hosting service providers and Internet access providers – General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data – Automated analysis of data – Real-time access to data – Safeguarding national security and combating terrorism – Combating crime – Directive 2002/58/EC – Scope – Article 1(3) and Article 3 – Confidentiality of electronic communications – Protection – Article 5 and Article 15(1) – Directive 2000/31/EC – Scope – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) – Article 4(2) TEU

Joined Cases C-511/18, C-512/18 and C-520/18

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