What is allowed in the fight against terror and organized crime? The Federal Constitutional Court has examined the powers of the security authorities – and has comments.
Karlsruhe – The Federal Constitutional Court sees a need for changes to the Federal Criminal Police Office Act. The court in Karlsruhe ruled that individual legal powers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) to collect and store data were partially unconstitutional. They are not compatible with the fundamental right to informational self-determination. Among other things, the court criticized the secret surveillance of contacts of suspects.
The Society for Freedom Rights (GFF) had submitted a constitutional complaint to the highest judges in Karlsruhe against several provisions of the BKA law, which was reformed in 2017. The non-profit association had called for concrete constitutional standards for the collection and storage of data.
The Federal Constitutional Court had already ruled on the extensive powers of the security authorities in 2016 – and declared some of them unconstitutional. The BKA law therefore had to be improved. The new version has been in force since May 2018. dpa
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