http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20160720-124658 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/saugmandsgaard-mass-data-retention-cjeu-privacy/ AG Saugmandsgaard Øe on Mass Data Retention: No Clear Victory for Privacy Rights Murray, Andrew eng 2016-07-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Data Retention Data Retention Directive Digital Rights Ireland Tele2 Sverige Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The opinion of the CJEU Attorney General on mass data retention has been long awaited by anyone interested in privacy rights, and more generally the relationship between states and their citizens during this period of an extended “war on terror”. While some civil rights groups have already claimed victory, on closer look the opinion of the AG is not an unmitigated success for privacy activists: It gives considerable discretion to member states to enact data retention provisions providing they meet the Digital Rights Ireland standard.