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Interception of communications

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

An investigative measure affecting communications, subject to statutory requirements, judicial authorisation and specific supervision. Necessity, proportionality, purpose and scope must be examined; it is not an unrestricted power to access private communications.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 588 bis a, art. 588 ter

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