Regulators’ data collection scope during probes questioned at top EU court
By Anna Lauwereys ( August 24, 2026, 11:21 GMT | Insight) -- EU member states’ financial regulators and their authority are under scrutiny at the bloc’s highest court, after a Lithuanian referral over how far investigators may go when copying data from personal electronic devices during an inspection. A regional court asked EU judges to clarify whether a court-authorized probe allows national regulators to determine a probe's data collection scope under the bloc's principles of proportionality and data minimization.EU member states’ financial regulators and their authority are under scrutiny at the bloc’s highest court over how far investigators may go when copying data from personal electronic devices during an inspection....
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