VIENNA, Dec 11 — Austria’s Constitutional Court today struck down parts of a law passed by the previous government which would have enabled authorities to read encrypted messages online using so-called “Trojan horse” software. The court said that the powers envisaged under the law...
VIENNA, Dec 11 — Austria’s Constitutional Court today struck down parts of a law passed by the previous government which would have enabled authorities to read encrypted messages online using so-called “Trojan horse” software.
Such surveillance would only be justified “in the most restricted circumstances in order to protect important legal rights,” the judges said, ruling that law overstepped those boundaries. The law had been passed in April 2018 under the previous government, a coalition of the centre-right People’s Party and far-right Freedom Party , which collapsed in May of this year.When the law was passed, that government insisted that the powers would only be used in cases of suspected serious criminality.
The court’s judgement came after the law was challenged by the liberal NEOS party and centre-left Social Democrats .
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