German Court Rules for Privacy Advocates over Data Collection

The German Constitutional Court has overruled a 2008 law which required telecommunications companies to keep communications data for six months. The law was passed to aid in counter terrorist operations and combating transnational crime and required telecom companies to maintain logs for SMS messages, e-mails, calls, faxes and Internet use.

Around 35,000 German nationals filed complaints against the law,…

German Businesses Flooded With Cyber Attacks

Germany may soon follow the US and Britain in making cyber security a national priority according to reports. The increase in cyber attacks on German industrial companies has caused Germany to loose billions of dollars just over the last couple years, according to one German intelligent agent.  China has been accused of engaging in these attacks, mostly on German businesses and organizations. An espionage protection expert in the office for counter-intelligence…