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The idea of a telecommunications company abusing its power to breach privacy has been anywhere from tossed around a few years back to an outright political battle as seen in the EFF warrentless wiretapping case today. If, however, one asks a German privacy advocate about ISPs illegally breaching privacy, there's a good chance that the case front and center of their attention has nothing to do with China, the United States, DPI in Canada, or Phorm in Britain. DW-World, a German news site that reports news in English, has been following a very interesting case in Germany since the 24th of this month. According to the reports, the story started with Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, being suspected of breaching privacy by wiretapping reporters whenever they communicated with the companies directors. The German media apparently have been following leaks that suggest that wiretap orders were ordered by senior executives.