Questione giuridica chiave
Whether retroactive subscriber identification for an internet offense may be ordered beyond six months under Art. 273 Abs. 3 StPO.
Decisione estratta
For internet offenses, Art. 14 Abs. 4 BÜPF applies as a special rule and contains no temporal limit; the retroactive identification was therefore permissible.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that Art. 273 StPO concerns only traffic data and that the six-month rule serves to limit ordinary retention-based requests. For internet crimes, Art. 14 Abs. 4 BÜPF specifically obliges providers to supply all identifying data, so it prevails over Art. 273 Abs. 3 StPO as lex specialis.