Electrical plug-type connector, namely data jack for receiving at least one data plug, with a housing having a contact holder, and a connecting device positioned in the housing, the connecting device having a printed circuit board with electrical conductors, the printed circuit board being received by the contact holder of the housing, contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), via which contact can be made between the conductors of the printed circuit board and contacts of a data plug when the data plug is being inserted into the data jack, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) being anchored, at a first section thereof, in the printed circuit board and permanent contact thus being made between said contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the conductors of said printed circuit board, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) having a second, elastically deformable section through which a contact can be made between the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the contacts of a data plug, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) being received and guided by the contact holder of the housing, wherein at least some of the contact springs (11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18) cross over one another in a region between the second section and the first section of the same without coming into touching contact while other contact springs (13, 16) are guided such they do not cross over any other contact spring, wherein said arrangement of the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) provides inner contact springs (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and two outer contact springs (11, 18), characterized in that all inner contact springs (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) are free of any load, with respect to free ends of the same, thereby providing load-free contact springs when there is no data plug in the data jack, namely in such a way that the free ends of the load-free contact springs which adjoin the second section of the same do not bear either against the contact holder of the housing or against the printed circuit board so that said free ends of the load-free contact springs are not in touching contact with the contact holder and the printed circuit board when there is no data plug in the data jack, the two outer contact springs (11, 18), with respect to free ends of the same, are not free of load and bear against the contact holder of the housing under prestress thereby providing non-load-free contact springs when there is no data plug in the data jack. the connecting device having a printed circuit board with electrical conductors, the printed circuit board being received by the contact holder of the housing, contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), via which contact can be made between the conductors of the printed circuit board and contacts of a data plug when the data plug is being inserted into the data jack, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) being anchored, at a first section thereof, in the printed circuit board and permanent contact thus being made between said contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the conductors of said printed circuit board, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) having a second, elastically deformable section through which a contact can be made between the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the contacts of a data plug, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) being received and guided by the contact holder of the housing, wherein at least some of the contact springs (11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18) cross over one another in a region between the second section and the first section of the same without coming into touching contact while other contact springs (13, 16) are guided such they do not cross over any other contact spring, wherein said arrangement of the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) provides inner contact springs (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and two outer contact springs (11, 18), a printed circuit board with electrical conductors, the printed circuit board being received by the contact holder of the housing, contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), via which contact can be made between the conductors of the printed circuit board and contacts of a data plug when the data plug is being inserted into the data jack, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) being anchored, at a first section thereof, in the printed circuit board and permanent contact thus being made between said contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the conductors of said printed circuit board, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) having a second, elastically deformable section through which a contact can be made between the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the contacts of a data plug, the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) being received and guided by the contact holder of the housing, wherein at least some of the contact springs (11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18) cross over one another in a region between the second section and the first section of the same without coming into touching contact while other contact springs (13, 16) are guided such they do not cross over any other contact spring, wherein said arrangement of the contact springs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) provides inner contact springs (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and two outer contact springs (11, 18),