TENA ARREGUI v. SPAIN - 42541/18 (No Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : Fifth Section)

Art 8 • Private life • Correspondence • Positive obligations • Interception and disclosure of applicant's emails and dismissal of his criminal complaint in that regard in the context of a political party monitoring one of its members • Domestic courts' assessment and reasoning not arbitrary or unreasonable • Adequate protection afforded by existing legal framework

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Georges Ravarani , President , Lado Chanturia, Mārtiņš Mits, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, María Elósegui, Kateřina Šimáčková, Mykola Gnatovskyy , judges , and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 42541/18 ) against the Kingdom of Spain lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Spanish national, Mr Rodrigo Tena Arregui ("the applicant"), on 30 August 2018;