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Re:German govt proposes law to force WhatsApp Gmail etc to h... by haecceity on Saturday December 14, 2019 @03:39PM (#21792067)
Gdpr violation?
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Re:German govt proposes law to force WhatsApp Gmail etc to h... by anticensor on Saturday December 14, 2019 @03:59PM (#21792213)
No, required by another law.
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Re:German govt proposes law to force WhatsApp Gmail etc to h... by pjc50 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @03:41PM (#21792082)
There's an explicit exemption for state security in GDPR (and indeed ECHR Article 8)
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