| Applicant name | VOROBYEV AND OTHERS |
| Applicant type | natural person |
| Number of applicants | 26 |
| Country | russia |
| Application no. | 20291/17 22802/17 30027/18 32920/19 33098/19 33700/19 34263/19 34546/19 34547/19 34677/19 34796/19 34807/19 34911/19 34931/19 34951/19 34952/19 35118/19 35404/19 35538/19 35879/19 36370/19 36437/19 36530/19 36618/19 36845/19 37434/19 |
| Date | 05/09/2024 |
| Judges | Branko Lubarda, President, Armen Harutyunyan, Ana Maria Guerra Martins |
| Institution | Court |
| Type | Judgment |
| Outcome Art. 8 | violation |
| Reason | Not necessary |
| Type of privacy | information privacy |
| Keywords | end-to-end encryption |
| Facts of the case | The applicants complained principally about the statutory requirement for Internet communications providers to store the content of all Internet communications and related communications data, and to submit those data to law-enforcement authorities or security services at their request together with information necessary to decrypt electronic messages if they were encrypted. They relied on Article 8 § 1 of the Convention. |
| Analysis | mini-judgment |
| Other Article violation? | 6 and 10 |
| Damage awarded | that the respondent State is to pay Ms Yelena Nikolayevna Karavayeva (application no. 36437/19) within three months, EUR 4,000 (four thousand euros), to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement; |
| Documents | Judgment |