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Germany’s top court holds that police can only use spyware to investigate serious crimes

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Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Date Published: 2025-08-07

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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Germany’s highest court ruled that law enforcement cannot use spyware to monitor personal devices in cases with a maximum sentence under three years, narrowing a 2017 law and limiting such surveillance to serious investigations due to its severe intrusion on fundamental rights, following a challenge by Digitalcourage.

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