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Danish decree on data retention heavily criticised
On 24 March 2004 the Danish Ministry of Justice released a draft Administrative Order and a set of guidelines for mandatory retention of telecommunication traffic data. It is a follow-up to the ‘anti-terror package’ from 6 June 2002 (Act no. 378), that extended the minimum time for data retention to a year and allowed police […]
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European court condemns Dutch for faulty privacy-legislation
The European Court has condemned the kingdom of the Netherlands for a faulty implementation of the Privacy directive of 1997, also known as the ISDN-directive. In the Dutch telecommunication law of 1998 the obligation to erase or anonymise traffic data after termination of the call was not made specific enough, leaving ample room to the […]
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New EU questionnaire on data retention
The working party on co-operation in criminal matters (Justice ministry officials) has issued a new questionnaire about data retention to all member states. Answers have to be given by 29 July 2004, the results will be debated in the next meeting of the working party on 27 and 28 September 2004. Clearly the Dutch presidency […]
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German privacy authorities criticise data retention
The data protection commissioners of 14 of Germany’s 15 states (Laender) as well as the National commissioner, Peter Schaar, have severely criticised the EU plan for mandatory traffic data retention and called upon the German government to vote against the proposal in the EU council of ministers. “There are good reasons why the national legislator […]
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New German proposal for mandatory data retention
According to the German e-zine Heise there is a new proposal for mandatory data retention in Germany. Just a few weeks ago, a final compromise was reached on the new Telecommunications Act, without any obligations for systematic data retention. But the Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, is now said to work on a law […]
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PNR data deal signed by European Commission
An international agreement was signed on 28 May between the European Union and the United States that makes it possible to transfer air passenger data to the US, under certain conditions. It entered into force immediately. This agreement goes hand-in-hand with the Decision adopted two weeks ago by the European Commission, establishing the adequacy of […]
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New telecommunications act in Germany
On Wednesday 5 May, the Mediation Committee, a common organ of the two German legislative bodies, adopted a compromise regarding the new German Telecommunications Act. It brought back a number of privacy restrictions that were already contained in the Government’s draft act (See EDRI-gram nr. 21), but had been rejected by the Deutsche Bundestag, the […]
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New EU proposal to store telecommunication data of 450 million citizens
France, Ireland, the UK and Sweden have made a joint proposal to the Council of the European Union to store the telecommunication data of all 450 million EU citizens for a period of 12 to 36 months, for law enforcement purposes. If the ministers of the member states accept the proposal for a framework decision, […]
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Council accepts Spanish PNR proposal
The Council of ministers of justice and interior affairs (JHA) accepted on 29 April 2004 the Spanish proposal to oblige European air carriers to transfer passenger data about non-EU passengers entering the EU. “At the request of the authorities responsible for carrying out checks on persons at external borders, carriers will be obliged to transmit, […]
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New EU plans for mandatory data retention
EDRI has obtained secret documents in preparation of a Declaration against Terrorism that will be published during the Spring Summit of EU heads of state. The draft from the Irish presidency specifically mentions the need to prioritise mandatory data retention for GSM and internet providers. The Commission input for the Summit, issued a few days […]
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New EU plans for mandatory data retention
EDRI has obtained a confidential draft declaration on fighting terrorism for the EU Spring Summit, which will be held in Brussels on 25 and 26 March. The draft plans mandatory data retention of communications traffic data by service providers. *Draft declaration on combating terrorism (PDF, 154 KB) *Commission paper to the Council on Terrorism providing […]
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German government rejects data retention
On Friday 12 March the German Parliament (Bundestag) will discuss the proposal for a new Telecommunication Law in second and third reading. The government coalition (made up of Social Democrats and Greens) has softened many of the proposed new telecommunication surveillance powers. There won’t be mandatory general data retention and the costs of handing-over data […]
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