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Provisions regulating the use of the technology in Hesse and Hamburg violate the right to informational self-determination, a statement from the constitutional court said
Local governments want the federal government to implement tighter borders and faster deportations.
A refugee summit has failed to break an impasse among Germany's federal, state, and local governments, prolonging what many say is an untenable situation. Germany took in more than 1.2 million refugees in 2022.
The court decision was welcomed by the German officials, who stated that going forward, police must be better equipped to handle massive amounts of data.
Germany's Constitutional Court is weighing up whether CIA-funded Palantir surveillance software can be used by the country's police. Experts are divided over whether "Hessendata" constitutes "predictive policing."