Data Retention

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The UK and some other European countries have pushed through legislation in the EU which requires ISPs and phone operators to retain traffic data - information about your net and phone use.

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ORG has been working with EDRi (http://www.edri.org/) and Privacy International (http://www.privacyinternational.org/), and will continue to liaise with these organisations as we organise the next phase of action.

ORG has also managed to get press coverage of this issue.

Home Office consultation on the implementation of 'Data Retention' legislation - March 2007

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Oh, and the Home Office sent a piece from Minister Hazel Blears about "Why data retention is such a good idea" to ORG Board member William Heath for the Ideal Government blog. Read it and comment here.

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2007-06-14 - The Register - Data retention laws do not cover Google searches
Summary: Google is not bound by the Data Retention Directive when it comes to search engine logs, Europe's data protection committee has said. Google has used the Directive to justify keeping data, but OUT-LAW has learned that the law does not apply.
2007-04-05 - Computing - ISPs uneasy about data retention
Author: Tom Young
Summary: ISPs are concerned about plans to make it a legal requirement to store and provide data about communications to police and security services on request ... New laws could conflict with Data Protection Act
2007-04-03 - OUT-LAW - Home Office publishes data retention proposal
Summary: The Home Office has published draft Regulations to require the retention of certain call data by phone companies for 12 months. Internet telephony and internet access data will not be covered for the time being.
2006-08-12 - The New York Times - Your Life as an Open Book
Author: Tom Zeller
Summary: ... In December, the European Parliament passed sweeping data retention rules aimed at the telecommunications and Internet industries, requiring that fixed-line and cellphone records, e-mail and Internet logs be stored for up to two years. The measure was lauded by law enforcement groups but decried by privacy advocates and even industry, which would have to find space — and money — to store it all. ...
2006-08-24 - Heise - Federal Ministry of Justice to stick with its plans for telecommunications data retention
Author: Robert W. Smith
Summary: Despite profound doubts having been raised about the implementability into German law of the controversial EU directive on the retention of telephone and Internet data the German Federal Ministry of Justice is continuing to work on a draft bill to this effect. ... An expert opinion expressed serious doubts about the implementability into German law of the requirements set out by Brussels, especially with regard to the fact that Germany's Basic Law constitutionally guarantees the Federal Republic's citizens the right to informational self-determination.
2006-08-17 - Heise - New doubts about the legality of telecommunications data retention
Author: Stefan Krempl and Robert W. Smith
Summary: In an expert opinion the Scientific Services of the lower chamber of Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, have voiced serious doubts about the implementability into German national law of the controversial EU directive on the retention of telephone and Internet data. "There are serious doubts about whether the directive in the form adopted is compatible with the law of the European Communities,"
2006-08-10 - Silicon Republic - The spies who came in from the cold
Author: John Kennedy
Quote: Referring to the EU Data Retention Directive, McIntyre adds: "There is nothing to stop information from being sold and I’m almost certain that it could happen. This extends to corporate espionage. The European Parliament has actually accused US firms of being engaged in industrial espionage against European firms and I think storing large quantities of sensitive data creates an irresistible target."
2006-07-10 - Silicon Republic - Insufficient challenge to state-sponsored spying
Author: John Kennedy
Summary: A challenge filed by the Irish Government to the EU’s Data Retention last week does not take account of privacy concerns of Irish citizens, a lobby group has claimed. Privacy advocacy group Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) said the challenge will delay implementation of the contentious directive — which requires telcos and internet service providers to retain data for a number of years at the discretion of each respective EU state — and stands a good chance of striking it down in its entirety.
2006-01-12 - Silicon Republic - Big brother is watching you
Author: John Kennedy
Summary: The contentious EU Data Directive that gives each member state the powers to store all phone, SMS, internet, fax and email data for a minimum of six months was voted in last month by 378 MEPs, with 197 voting against. The directive has been deployed as a means to protect European citizens against terrorism and crime, but various industry and civil rights groups argue that not only does this infringe on privacy rights but it makes the assumption that citizens are already guilty.
2005-12-7 - The Register - MEPs urged to reject data retention plan
Author: OUT-LAW.com
Summary: "Privacy International and European Digital Rights (EDRi) are calling on MEPs to reject a proposed Directive on data retention when it comes before the European Parliament next week following an agreement reached by EU Ministers on Friday."
2006-05-12 - EU Observer - US could access EU data retention information
Author: Helena Spongenberg
Summary: US authorities can get access to EU citizens' data on phone calls, SMS messages, and emails, giving a recent EU data-retention law much wider-reaching consequences than first expected.
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