Mass data retention is not unlawful, State argue in Lunney trial

At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, counsel for the State submitted that gardaí were lawfully entitled to access mobile phone data during their investigation into the abduction and assault of Kevin Lunney, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings. Sean Guerin SC argued that the Court of Justice of the European Union does not prohibit mass data retention, citing a recent Spanish judgment. He contended that while…