EU judges hit Theresa May's 'snoopers' charter'

European Court of Justice rules against 'indiscriminate retention' of emails and electronic data

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Theresa May's "snoopers' charter" has suffered a blow after the EU's highest court ruled governments cannot impose blanket monitoring of their citizens' electronic communications.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said today that "general and indiscriminate retention" of emails and other electronic data is illegal.

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