CJEU C-175/20: Limits for Tax Offices — No Bulk Data Retention on Platforms
Validated facts
Judgment on a classifieds platform for car sales. Tax authorities may not demand all user data of a platform without cause and in blanket fashion; information requests must be proportionate and targeted.
In plain language
No dragnet on the internet: The state may not empty the entire lake just to check whether a single small tax offender is among the catch.
Security relevance & practical tip
Protects platform users from indiscriminate total surveillance by authorities.
Primary source / reference
- EuGH Urteil vom 24.02.2022 – C-175/20