Joint Statement encouraging EU legislators to fight for fundamental rights protections in e-Evidence legislation: Bitkom and many other associations represent millions of users, thousands of European and international companies, and more than one million legal practitioners, that soon will be affected by the new “e-Evidence” legislation that will require online service providers to directly respond to cross-border requests by foreign law enforcement agencies.
Bitkom and the partner associations therefore urged the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission to strike the right balance between expanding law enforcement’s ability to gather electronic evidence and protecting fundamental rights in the new e-Evidence legislation with a joint industry letter you can download below.