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New data retention draft raises many questions
The Dutch presidency of the European union drafted a revised proposal for the mandatory storing of telecommunication data. The new proposal seems to let the members states free in choosing the time period and raises many questions with regard to its scope. France, Ireland, the UK and Sweden drafted the original proposal to the Council […]
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IRIS protest against delay French government
The French digital rights organization IRIS is upset about the continuous delay by the French government in publishing administrative decrees that would define mandatory data retention for telecommunication companies. During the open workshop in Brussels on 21 September 2004, a representative from the French Ministry announced these decrees would be published ‘within the next few […]
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Change in Germany's position on data retention
According to an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany is changing its position on the proposal from the EU Council to oblige telecom and internet providers to store traffic data about all their customers for 12 to 36 months. The legislative chamber that represents Germany’s 16 states on national issues (the Bundesrat) voted on […]
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Dutch police report: traffic data seldom essential
Telephone traffic data are only necessary to solve crimes in a minority of police investigations. Most cases can be solved without access to traffic data, with the exception of large fraud investigations. These are the conclusions of a Dutch police report produced at the request of the Dutch ministry of Justice. The report was recently […]
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Brussels workshop on telecom data retention
The consultation from the European Commission on new EU plans for mandatory retention of telecom traffic data resulted in 65 answers, most of them negative about any regime of mandatory data retention. Two thirds of the answers came from industry (telephony and internet providers, both individual companies as well as associations) and almost one third […]
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90 civil right organisations endorse PI/EDRI statement
90 civil rights organisations across Europe, the United States and other countries around the world have signed a long statement against the recent EU plans for mandatory data retention. Also 89 companies (mostly specialised in IT) have endorsed the statement that calls the plans ‘invasive, illusory, illegal and illegitimate’. The statement was an anwer to […]
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Meeting on Danish data retention draft
“This is not something industry wants”, a representative from the Danish IT-industry Association stated at a meeting on data retention in Copenhagen on 21 September 2004. The meeting was arranged in response to the massive criticism raised by the industry, cooperative housing associations, civil liberty groups and others earlier this year. The meeting was convened […]
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90 organisations support PI / EDRI statement against data retention
Privacy International (PI) and European Digital Rights (EDRI) have published their joint answer to the consultation on mandatory data retention. The Directorate Generals on Information Society and on Justice and Home Affairs from the European Commission asked for public comments on a proposed retention regime across Europe between 12 and 36 months for all traffic […]
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Answer to consultation on communications data retention
Privacy International and European Digital Rights have published their joint answer to the consultation on mandatory data retention. The Directorate Generals on Information Society and on Justice and Home Affairs from the European Commission asked for public comments on a proposed retention regime across Europe between 12 and 36 months for all traffic data generated […]
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New US demands on European postal services
According to a publication in the Austrian e-zine Futurezone the USA have demanded extensive advance information from European postal services about packages before they are being shipped to the United States. The US border control system US-VISIT is already being fed with data about airline passengers before they enter the territory, but must now be […]
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Call for participation: data retention and copyright
The deadline is nearing for two important consultation rounds from the European Commission, on mandatory data retention and on copyright. European Digital Rights is working hard on a thorough answer on the EU plans for mandatory retention of all internet and telephony traffic data. The document will be made publicly available on the EDRI website, […]
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Dutch EU presidency speeds up data retention
The Dutch government is ‘in principle positive’ about the proposal to store the telecommunication traffic data of all 450 million EU citizens for a period of 12 to 36 months. This point of view is expressed in a letter to the Dutch parliament about the proposal. As president of the EU, the Netherlands wish to […]
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