Tag: Customs

  • Significantly more “Silent SMS” with German police authorities

    Significantly more “Silent SMS” with German police authorities

    Police in Germany are a matter for the federal states, this also applies to the surveillance of telecommunications. In Schleswig-Holstein alone, local police departments send as many “Silent SMS” as the Federal Police. A decision of the Federal Court of…

  • EU-wide use of bank retention data to facilitate financial investigations

    EU-wide use of bank retention data to facilitate financial investigations

    In future, financial information will also be queried across borders for serious crimes, and even more authorities will have access. Banks and other financial service providers will have to adhere to deadlines for the release of financial information. In Germany,…