An interesting decision from the Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR), which announced on 7 October that it's taking as unconstitutional the Romanian implementation of the data retention directive as issued by the EU. This has potentially significant implications for other EU member countries which are already implementing similar data retention policies, such as here in the UK. I'm hoping that one or more of the groups dedicated to maintaining the freedom and privacy rights of individuals will take up a similar challenge in the UK courts.

The full court ruling (in English) is available from here.