A bill enacted which will require the prosecutor's office to obtain permission in communications data collection in criminal cases in which it is the prosecuting authority has passed its first Rigiikogu reading.
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Lawyers have hit out at a prosecutor s office practice of issuing authorizations for the use of phone and other communications logs and data in criminal proceedings, despite what they say is a clear statement from European Court of Justice (ECJ) to the effect that only courts of law should give permission for issuing data.
Even Estonia s own Supreme Court has been clear in highlighting that domestic law may not impede the full functioning of EU law, the lawyers say.
The prosecutor s office and district prosecutors direct Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) investigations, and also, as in other jurisdictions, prosecute criminal cases in the courts.