Moreover, the book discusses whether our current understanding of protection of freedom of communications guaranteed by the constitutions of EU member states and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which was developed in the era of analogue communications, remains accurate in the era of digital technologies and mass surveillance (simultaneously applied by states and private corporations). In this context, the book reconstructs constitutional standards that currently apply in the EU towards data retention.
This book presents a unique comparative analysis of all judgments concerning Directive 2006/24/EC, which can be used in the legislative process on the EU forum aimed at introducing new principles of data retention and by constitutional courts in the context of comparative argumentation.
Jan Podkowik, Associate professor at the Department of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw; post-doctoral degree in law (Dr. Habil.); Co-investigator within the research project ‘Impact of jurisprudence of European constitutional courts...’; Research interests cover sources of law, constitutional courts, constitutional fundamentals of civic law as well as constitutional essential of state security.
Robert Rybski, Associate Professor, Department of Constitutional Law at Faculty of Law and Administration of University of Warsaw; graduated from the University of Warsaw (law degree) and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (LL.M. degree). Research interests cover common grounds of constitutional, environmental and energy law.