Germany’s highest court ruled that the country’s foreign intelligence agency can no longer spy on the telephone and internet traffic of foreign nationals living outside of Germany.

Regulations that allowed the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or the BND, to monitor such communications violated the country’s constitution, the court ruled Tuesday.

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